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Principal national contributors Austria (Michael Dvorak), Belarus (Alexander Kozulin), Belgium (Wim Van den Bossche), Bulgaria (Sergey Dereliev), Croatia (Tibor Mikuska), Cyprus (Melis Charalambides), Czech Republic (David Lacina), Denmark (Knud Flensted and Henrik Skov), Estonia (Andres Kalamees), Finland (Teemu Lehtiniemi), France (Bernard Deceuninck), Germany (Christoph Sudfeldt and Daniel Doer), Gibraltar (John Cortes), Greece (Clairie Papazoglou), Greenland (David Boertman), Hungary (Balazs Szabo), Iceland (Olafur Einarsson), Ireland (Olivia Crowe and Jackie Hunt), Italy (Patrizia Rossi and Ariel Brunner), Latvia (Edmunds Racinskis), Lithuania (Liutauras Raudonikis), Luxembourg (Patric Lorgé), FYR Macedonia (Emilian Stoynov), Malta (Joe Sultana), The Netherlands (Carolien Borggreve and Eduard Osieck), Norway (Geir Rudolfsen), Poland (Maciej Gromadzki), Portugal (Luis Costa and Manuela Nuñes), Romania (Dan Munteanu and József Szabó), Russia (Sergey Bukreev), Slovakia (Pavol Kanuch), Slovenia (Leon Kebe and Luka Bozic), Spain (Carlota Viada and Juan Criado), Sweden (Björn Welander), Switzerland (Lorenz Heer), Turkey (Bahtiyar Kurt and Güven Eken), Ukraine (Oleg Dudkin) and United Kingdom (Duncan Huggett).

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Preface

One of the three main pillars of the Ramsar Convention on gement of appropriate wetland sites; and 3) to foster cooperation Wetlands is that "each Contracting Party shall designate suitable among Contracting Parties, the Convention’s International wetlands within its territory for inclusion in a List of Wetlands of Organisation Partners, and local stakeholders in the selection, des- International Importance", expressed in Article 2. The other two ignation, and management of Ramsar Sites. pillars are the national commitment to ensure wise use of all wetlands in the country and to cooperate at international level, notably This new report, "Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites when wetlands extend over the territories of more than one coun- in Europe", is a most valuable contribution from one of our try, where a water system is shared by several states, and in respect International Organisation Partners, BirdLife International, of shared migratory waterbird populations. towards assisting Ramsar’s Contracting Parties throughout Europe in achieving this vision for the List. The report provides state-of- Through its evolution over the last thirty years, the Convention on the-art information on the importance of over 2000 wetland sites Wetlands has developed criteria for the designation of Wetlands of across all European countries for wetland-dependent bird species International Importance, often known as "Ramsar Sites". Given and populations, identifying from the data gathered during the the initial focus on "Wetlands of International Importance especi- European IBA programme the wetlands that appear to qualify for ally as Waterfowl Habitat", criteria based on waterbirds were most Ramsar site designation under the criteria based on bird species rapidly established and specific guidelines prepared to assist and ecological communities (criteria 2 and 4), and those specifi- Contracting Parties in taking a systematic approach to identifying cally on waterbirds (criteria 5 and 6). I am sure that the report will their priority sites for designation. provide an invaluable reference tool for the practical steps to be taken by the Contracting Parties for applying the vision for the Based on the first inventory of "Important Bird Areas in Europe", Ramsar List, as elaborated in Ramsar Handbook 7 "Strategic published in 1989 by ICBP and IWRB, these two International Framework and guidelines for the future development of the List Organisation Partners of the Convention on Wetlands were able to of Wetlands of International Importance". provide to the European Contracting Parties, meeting for their 4th Conference (COP4) in Montreux, Switzerland, a first list of sites The report also provides information on the occurrence in these that qualified for Ramsar Site designation under the two waterbird key sites of globally threatened wetland-dependent birds, at wet- criteria, relating to wetlands regularly supporting more than 20,000 lands across Europe. It has been widely recognised that such sites waterbirds, and regularly supporting more than 1% of a popula- are as yet under-represented in the Ramsar List. The report thus tion, subspecies or species of waterbird. I am delighted that also provides a valuable source for Parties in applying designation BirdLife International has now produced a new list of key sites for Criterion 2 concerning wetlands supporting vulnerable, endange- waterbirds in Europe, based on the enormous work and the many red, or critically endangered species or threatened ecological com- years of effort by the Europe-wide BirdLife partnership to produ- munities, for which further guidance for Contracting Parties is ce an updated, comprehensive inventory of "Important Bird Areas being developed by BirdLife International and Wetlands in Europe, priority sites for conservation", which was published in International. 2000. I congratulate BirdLife International on their efforts in producing During the 7th meeting of their Conference (COP7) in San José, this most valuable report, and I strongly urge all European Costa Rica, the Contracting Parties adopted a vision for the List of Contracting Parties to use the report as an inspiration in their Wetlands of International Importance: "to develop and maintain an efforts to achieve the short-term global target of 2000 Ramsar Sites international network of wetlands which are important for the con- by COP9 in the year 2005 (Resolution VII.11). I commend it to all servation of global biological diversity and for sustaining human involved with wetland conservation and the Ramsar Convention in life through the ecological and hydrological functions they per- Europe Ð and as a model for developing such reports for other fom." To realise this vision for the Ramsar List, Parties agreed on regions of the world. three main objectives: 1) to establish national networks of Ramsar Sites which fully represent the diversity of wetlands and their key Delmar Blasco ecological and hydrological functions; 2) to contribute to maintai- Secretary General ning global biological diversity through the designation and mana- Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, 1971)

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Contents

Preface ...... iii Greece ...... 48 Contents...... v Greenland (to Denmark) ...... 52 Introduction ...... 1 Hungary ...... 54 Important Bird Areas in Europe...... 1 Iceland ...... 56 Identifying potential Ramsar Sites...... 2 Ireland ...... 58 Overview of results...... 4 Italy (including Sardinia) ...... 61 Distribution of selected sites ...... 4 Latvia ...... 64 Ramsar designation progress ...... 4 Lithuania ...... 66 What should be done next? ...... 7 Luxembourg ...... 68 Confirming official lists of candidate sites ...... 7 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of...... 69 Defining Ramsar Site boundaries ...... 7 Malta ...... 71 Consulting and finalising site details...... 8 Moldova ...... 72 Protecting sites prior to designation ...... 8 The Netherlands ...... 74 Approaches to designation...... 8 Norway (including Svalbard and Jan Mayen) ...... 77 After designation ...... 8 Poland...... 80 Country chapters ...... 9 Portugal (including Azores and Madeira) ...... 83 Albania ...... 10 Romania ...... 85 Armenia ...... 12 Russia ...... 87 Austria ...... 14 Slovakia ...... 95 Azerbaijan ...... 15 Slovenia ...... 96 Belarus ...... 17 Spain (including the Canary Islands)...... 97 Belgium ...... 19 Sweden ...... 101 Bosnia and Herzegovina ...... 21 Switzerland...... 103 Bulgaria ...... 22 Turkey ...... 105 Croatia ...... 24 Ukraine...... 109 Cyprus ...... 26 United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands Czech Republic ...... 27 and the Isle of Man) ...... 114 Denmark...... 29 Yugoslavia ...... 119 Estonia ...... 32 References ...... 121 Faroe Islands (to Denmark) ...... 34 Contact points and acknowledgements ...... 122 Finland ...... 36 Appendices ...... 124 France (including Corsica)...... 38 Appendix 1. Wetland bird species in Europe...... 124 Georgia...... 41 Appendix 2. Ramsar Classification System Germany...... 42 for Wetland Type ...... 126

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Introduction

Important Bird Areas in Europe duals and organisations have coalesced into a large-scale European The geographic extent of Europe as considered in this report is IBA Programme. This has resulted in the production of twenty shown in Figure 1 and encompasses Greenland, western Russia (all national IBA inventories and recently a new pan-European inven- administrative regions lying mainly west of the Ural mountains tory (Heath & Evans 2000)3. Building on these inventories, the and Ural river), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus and all of European IBA Programme for the last decade has addressed site- Turkey. oriented research and action, encompassing habitat management, monitoring, education, advocacy, and national and international The Important Bird Areas (IBA) Programme1 of BirdLife legal protection. International2 is a worldwide initiative aimed at identifying and protecting a network of critical sites for the conservation of the A total of 4,000 IBAs have been identified in Europe currently. The world’s birds. The first IBA inventory to cover the whole of conservation status of each has been measured using seven core Europe was published in 1989 (Grimmett and Jones 1989). indicators, which has generated a large amount of data (Table 1, Facilitated since 1990 by a coordinator at the BirdLife next page). Most of these data are available online at International Secretariat and, increasingly, by national IBA http://www.birdlife.org.uk/sites. Coordinators in individual countries, the actions of many indivi-

Figure 1. Geographic scope of this report and the constituent territories

AD-Andorra; AL-Albania; AM-Armenia; AT-Austria; AZ-Azerbaijan; BA-Bosnia and Herzegovina; BE-Belgium; BG-Bulgaria; BY-Belarus; CH-Switzerland; CY-Cyprus; CZ-Czech Republic; DE-Germany; DK-Denmark; EE-Estonia; ES-Spain; FI-Finland; FO-Faroe Islands (Denmark); FR-France; GB-United Kingdom; GE-Georgia; GI-Gibraltar (United Kingdom); GL-Greenland (Denmark); GR-Greece; HR-Croatia; HU-Hungary; IE-Ireland; IS-Iceland; IT-Italy; LT-Lithuania; LV-Latvia; SK-Slovakia; LI-Liechtenstein; LU-Luxembourg; MC-Monaco; MD-Moldova; MK-Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of; MT-Malta; NL-Netherlands; NO-Norway; PL-Poland; PT-Portugal; QQ-Azores (Portugal); RO-Romania; RU-Russia; SE-Sweden; SI-Slovenia; SJ-Svalbard (Norway); SM-San Marino; TR-Turkey; UA-Ukraine; VA-Holy See (Vatican City); WW-Canary Islands (Spain); YU-Yugoslavia; ZZ-Madeira (Portugal)

1 For full details of the BirdLife International IBA Programme see http://www.birdlife.org.uk/sites 2 In Europe, BirdLife International includes 40 organisations that together have over 2 million members and over 2000 paid staff. 3 Much of the information used for the compilation of this report is drawn from Heath & Evans (2000).

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Table 1. Core indicators used for measuring the conservation status of IBAs in Europe and data availability

Indicator Indicator Description No. of records type in WBDB* State Site boundary and area Paper or digital map of each IBA boundary and a measure of its area (hectares) 4000 Habitat Inventory of all primary habitats (10 types) covering >5% of each IBA and the total area of each type within each IBA 12,000 Key bird populations Population size and trend (during past 10 years) of each bird species for which each IBA was selected (average of 4 species per IBA) 17,000 Land-use Inventory of all land-uses (12 types) covering >5% of each IBA and the % cover of each land-use within each IBA 12,000 Pressure Threats Inventory of key threats (12 types) and their impact (using standard IBA methodology) within each IBA 14,000 Response Protection status Inventory of over-lapping protected areas and the extent of over-lap between each IBA and the protected area 16,000 Management plan Whether each IBA is (partly or wholly) covered by an existing management plan 650

* WBDB - BirdLife International World Bird Database (a purpose-built database used for the management, analysis and reporting of data held by BirdLife International).

Identifying potential Ramsar Sites wetland birds under the criteria shown in Figure 2 (excluding The method used in this report for selecting potential Ramsar Sites consideration of the Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenui- has been applied, not to all wetlands in Europe, but to those sites rostris since no sites are known where it occurs regularly in identified by BirdLife International as Important Bird Areas Europe). (Heath and Evans 2000). Twenty criteria have been developed for 3. All IBAs not containing wetland habitat were excluded from the the selection of IBAs in Europe. These allow the identification of site list (e.g. dry grassland IBAs important for Corncrake Crex IBAs based on a site’s international importance for: crex). ¥ Threatened bird species 4. Ramsar designation coverage by September 2001 of wetland ¥ Congregatory bird species habitat within each IBA included within the site list was catego- ¥ Assemblages of restricted-range bird species rised as: ¥ Assemblages of biome-restricted bird species ¥ Ramsar designation complete - all wetland habitat important for key wetland birds (i.e. birds that trigger the IBA and A number of IBA criteria are related directly to Ramsar criteria Ramsar criteria listed in Figure 2) within the IBA is included (Figure 2). Hence, potential4 Ramsar Sites of international impor- currently within one or more Ramsar Sites. tance for wetland-dependent birds can be identified with relative ¥ Ramsar designation partial - some wetland habitat important ease from IBA inventories. For the present report, this was done for key wetland birds within the IBA is included currently step-wise: within one or more Ramsar Sites, but expansion of current or 1. A species list was compiled of all wetland birds whose natural designation of new Ramsar Sites is needed to cover excluded range includes areas of Europe (Appendix 1). areas within the IBA. 2. Using the BirdLife International World Bird Database, data on ¥ Ramsar designation lacking - no wetland habitat important for 4,000 IBAs and 17,000 key bird populations at these sites were key wetland birds within the IBA is included within any analysed to compile a preliminary list of all IBAs important for Ramsar Site.

Figure 2. Direct links between IBA and Ramsar criteria

* See Table 2 for definitions of "significant numbers" and "species of global conservation concern". ** In some (very few) cases the 1% threshold used for IBA criterion B1i is lower than that used for Ramsar criterion 6.

4 "Potential", "candidate" and "qualifying" are all terms in common use for sites that are considered to merit Ramsar listing. For the purposes of this report they are treated as synonymous.

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Table 2. Wetland birds of global conservation concern in Europe and population thresholds for identifying IBAs

Species Global threat Threshold status* (individuals)** Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauritanicus NT 30 Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus NT 30 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus CD 30 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus VU 15 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis VU 60 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris VU 15 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca NT 60 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala EN 15 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla NT 15 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga VU 6 Corncrake Crex crex VU 60 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni DD 30 Sociable Plover Chettusia gregaria VU 30 Great Snipe Gallinago media NT 60 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris CR 1 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii NT 60 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola VU 30

* Global threat status follows BidLife International (2000): CR Critically Endangered; EN Endangered; VU Vulnerable; CD Conservation Dependent; DD Data Deficient; NT Near-Threatened. ** To convert to pairs, divide by factor 3. See Heath & Evans (2000) for explanation of threshold levels.

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Overview of results

Distribution of selected sites Table 3. Number of IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Data on IBAs have been collected from every territory in Europe, Ramsar Sites and designation progress but following the site selection criteria used in this report (see Introduction) no IBAs qualifying as potential Ramsar Sites have Country Designation Total been identified in Andorra, Gibraltar, Holy See (Vatican City), progress* Liechtenstein, Monaco or San Marino. In the remainder of Europe ☺ a total of 2,083 IBAs were identified that contain areas that quali- Albania 1 0 9 10 fy as Ramsar Sites (Figure 3). These are spread across the entire continent, from Kilen IBA (81ûN in Greenland) 5,500 km south to Armenia 2013 Western coast of El Hierro IBA (27ûN in the Canary Islands), and Austria 2035 from Fyllas bank off Nuuk IBA (64ûW in Greenland) 7,750 km Azerbaijan 1 0 17 18 east to Lake Ayke IBA (51ûE in Russia). Sites are sparser in the Belarus 1 0 14 15 north, with the most noticeable concentration in northern Belgium 0 4 10 14 Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands resulting from the tremendous importance of wetlands in this region for wintering and Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022 passage waterbirds that breed in more northern latitudes, coupled Bulgaria 0 5 22 27 with recent intense IBA identification work in this area. Croatia 0 3 8 11 Cyprus 1034 Figure 4 shows IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Ramsar Czech Republic 3328 Sites under Criterion 2 (threatened species sites). These are spread across most of the continent, though are relatively scarce in the Denmark 32 3 24 59 north and west (where threatened waterbirds are also relatively Estonia 7 3 38 48 scarce). Figure 5 shows IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Faroe Islands (to Denmark) 0 0 18 18 Ramsar Sites under Criterion 5 (sites with >20,000 waterbirds). Finland 4 5 38 47 The most striking concentration of sites occurs in north Germany, France (including Corsica) 16 1 84 101 Denmark, The Netherlands, UK, Ireland and the Atlantic coast of France, which again illustrates the importance of wetlands in this Georgia 0123 region as wintering sites for northerly breeding waterbirds. In addi- Germany 12 20 159 191 tion, the figure shows large concentrations of waterbirds around Greece 7 5 71 83 the north and west Black Sea coast, which is also a very important Greenland (to Denmark) 8 2 41 51 wintering region for northern breeding waterbirds. Other noticea- Hungary 5 12 12 29 ble concentrations occur in Iceland, Faroe Islands, north UK, north Norway and Svalbard, which results primarily from the great Iceland 2 1 56 59 importance of these areas for breeding seabirds. Italy (including Sardinia) 1 17 31 49 Latvia 1 2 47 50 IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Ramsar Sites under Lithuania 2 1 12 15 Criterion 4 (critical or refuge sites) and Criterion 6 (1% threshold Luxembourg 0011 sites) have a distribution very similar to that of all sites illustrated in Figure 3, since most sites selected qualify under at least these FYR Macedonia 1023 two criteria. Malta 0033 Moldova 1089 Ramsar designation progress Netherlands 47 5 20 72 Table 3 shows progress by country with the designation of selec- Norway (including Jan Mayen ted IBAs. Of the 2,083 IBAs selected, 502 (24%) have been designated to some extent, with high numbers of such sites in the UK, and Svalbard) 2 7 52 61 The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Spain. However, within Poland 4 2 46 52 200 of these sites there is a need for the extension of Ramsar boun- Portugal (including Azores and Madeira) 7 0 21 28 daries to include other important wetland habitat. A total of 1,581 Republic of Ireland 14 14 42 70 (76%) of the selected IBAs have no Ramsar designation as yet, Romania 3 0 22 25 with high numbers of such sites in Russia, Germany, Turkey and Ukraine. Russia 12 5 191 208 Slovakia 1528 Figure 6 shows the distribution of selected IBAs that have at least Slovenia 0178 partial Ramsar coverage. These are clustered clearly in north Spain (including the Canary Islands) 15 15 83 113 Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, the UK and Ireland, which Sweden 13 9 30 52 reflects closely the aggregation of sites of particular importance for large concentrations of wintering waterbirds (Figure 5). However, Switzerland 3 3 6 12 it is somewhat opposite to the distribution of sites important for Turkey 4 5 119 128 threatened species, which show a central and eastern continental Ukraine 12 6 103 121 skew (Figure 4). United Kingdom (including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) 54 32 88 174 Yugoslavia 1 3 11 15 Total 302 200 1581 2083

* ☺ Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking. See "Identifying potential Ramsar Sites" for method of evaluation.

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Figure 3. All IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Ramsar Sites in Europe

Figure 4. IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Ramsar Sites under Criterion 2 (threatened species sites) in Europe

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Figure 5. IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Ramsar Sites under Criterion 5 (sites with >20,000 waterbirds) in Europe

Figure 6. IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Ramsar Sites and have been at least partially designated in Europe

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What should be done next?

Confirming official lists of candidate sites such boundaries will be required as a "next step". In many cases an This document gives an up to date list of sites that are shown by appropriate boundary will already be suggested by the boundary of IBA data to merit Ramsar designation. It is offered to Contracting the IBA. Contracting Party governments are therefore urged to Party governments as a technical contribution from BirdLife take the earliest opportunity to discuss this with BirdLife International in its capacity as one of the Convention’s Partners/Secretariat (see Contact points and acknowledgements). International Organisation Partners. Meetings of the Parties at regional or global level should endorse these findings in appropri- In some cases, in addition to an IBA boundary which encompasses ate ways, but decisions as to what shall be official an area of significance for birds, other contiguous areas beyond it candidate sites, and decisions as to designation, remain the which are wetland habitats meeting non-bird Ramsar criteria might responsibility of Parties. also need to be included in any eventual Ramsar site. In some other cases, an IBA that contains wetland habitats of sufficient In many instances the data in this document arise from collabo- importance to be designated as a Ramsar site may also contain rative work between NGOs (BirdLife Partners) and governments. other non-wetland areas, which may not need to be included in the In addition, in the European Union, IBAs have gained official Ramsar designation. However the simple fact of an area being a acceptance in the eyes of the Court of Justice. non-wetland component need not be a reason for its exclusion, if it plays an integral part in the functioning of the ecosystem. It is an important and urgent "next step" for the lists of deserving Ramsar Site candidates presented in this document to be officially Guidance and standards for boundary definition of Ramsar Sites recognized as such by Contracting Party governments. In some have been adopted by the Conference of Parties, in the annex to cases where there has been good discussion of the matter already, Resolution VII.II (1999) on the Strategic framework and guide- this may now be no more than a rapid formality. In others, where lines for the future development of the List of Wetlands of more consideration is required, BirdLife urges that attention be International Importance (see Box 1). In addition, Recommen- given to it immediately. dation 5.3 (1993) has referred to the importance of a whole catch- ment approach, to buffer zones, and to ecological corridors. The Conference of Parties called for such action in 1996, in Resolution VI.12, which inter alia "urges each Contracting Party In Resolution VI.16 (1996) the Parties decided that when sites are to recognise officially its identified sites meeting the criteria designated, their boundaries must be "precisely described and also approved by the Conference of the Contracting Parties". delimited on a map". Standards of precision for this have not yet been defined under the Convention, but this is becoming an Defining Ramsar Site boundaries increasingly important issue, and Parties are urged to use the best It is beyond the scope of this document to indicate the precise practicable degree of precision, especially in the interests of legal boundary of each site, but clearly, before designation, definition of certainty.

Box 1. Extract from Guidelines for adopting a systematic approach to identifying priority wetlands for designation under the Ramsar Convention (annexed to Resolution VII.II)

46. Boundary definition of sites. When designating sites, Contracting Parties are encouraged to take a management-oriented approach to determining boundaries, recog- nizing that these should allow management of the site to be undertaken at the appropriate scale for maintaining the ecological character of the wetland. Article 2.1 of the Convention indicates that Ramsar Sites "may incorporate riparian and coastal zones adjacent to the wetlands, and islands or bodies of marine water deeper than six metres at low tide lying within the wetlands". For very small and therefore potentially vulnerable sites, Contracting Parties are encouraged to include buffer zones around the wetland. These may also be a useful management tool for subterranean system wetlands as well as larger sites.

47. In determining the boundaries of sites identified as habitat for animal species, these should be established so as to provide adequately for all the ecological and conservation requirements of those populations. In particular, large animals, species at the top of food-chains, those with large home-ranges, or with feeding and resting areas that are widely separated, will generally require substantial areas to support viable populations. If it is not possible to designate a site extending to the entire range used or accommodating viable (self-sustaining) populations, then additional measures relating to both the species and its habitat should be adopted in the surrounding areas (or the buffer zone). These measures will complement the protection of the core habitat within the Ramsar site.

48. While some sites considered for designation will be identified at landscape scale, containing substantial elements of whole wetland ecosystems, others may be smaller. In selecting and delimiting such more restricted wetlands the following guidance may assist in determining their extent:

i. as far as possible, sites should include complexes or mosaics of vegetation communities, not just single communities of importance. Note that wetlands with naturally nutrient poor (oligotrophic) conditions generally exhibit low diversity of species and habitats. In these wetlands, high diversity may be associated with low conservation quality (indicated by markedly altered conditions). Thus, diversity must always be considered within the context of the norms of the wetland type;

ii. zonations of communities should be included as completely as possible in the site. Important are communities showing natural gradients (transitions), for instance from wet to dry, from salt to brackish, from brackish to fresh, from oligotrophic to eutrophic, from rivers to their associated banks, shingle bars and sediment systems, etc.;

iii. natural succession of vegetation communities often proceeds rapidly in wetlands. To the greatest extent possible and where these exist, all phases of succession (for example, from open shallow water, to communities of emergent vegetation, to reedswamp, to marshland or peatland, to wet forest) should be included in designated sites. Where dynamic changes are occurring, it is important that the site is large enough so that pioneer stages can continue to develop within the Ramsar site;

iv. continuity of a wetland with a terrestrial habitat of high conservation value will enhance its own conservation value.

49. The smaller the site, the more vulnerable it is likely to be to outside influences. In determining boundaries of Ramsar Sites, particular attention should be given to ensuring that wherever possible the limits of the sites serve to protect them from potentially damaging activities, especially those likely to cause hydrological disturban- ce. Ideally, boundaries should include those areas of land necessary to provide and maintain the hydrological functions needed to conserve the international importance and integrity of the site. Alternatively, it is important that planning processes are operating to ensure that potential negative impacts arising from land-use practices on adjoining land or within the drainage basin are suitably regulated and monitored to provide confidence that the ecological character of the Ramsar site will not be com- promised.

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Consulting and finalising site details owners and (by public announcement) local communities, made by In most cases Parties will wish to conduct consultations on pro- the responsible Ministry. In some cases it may be a form of posals for new Ramsar Site designations with stakeholders such as Presidential decree, and in some cases a specific legal instrument local administrations and perhaps affected communities. This can applying to the site(s) in question. Parties are free to decide the be important in building support for the implementation of the approach taken; but some points of general good practice are worth Convention, and can produce information that might be important mentioning here. in refining site details and boundaries. An appropriate balance will need to be struck between exhaustive discussion and prompt As with the notification of designations to the Ramsar Bureau, a protection. map showing the site boundary should be made available. Information on the reasons why the site is designated, and the In the light of consultations, site details can be refined and finalised particular functions and values which need to be taken into account prior to the formal act of designation. An essential step at this stage in planning, management and decision-making, should also be is the completion of a standard Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS) for made available. The legal and policy implications of designation submission to the Ramsar Bureau. The sheet can be accessed at (based on the provisions of the Convention of course, but elabo- www.ramsar.org/key_ris.htm, and guidance on its completion can rated as appropriate for the jurisdiction concerned) should be made be found at www.ramsar.org/key_ris_guide.htm. COP Recommen- clear; as should the allocation of relevant responsibilities, and sour- dation 4.7 (1993) and Resolution VI.13 (1996) encourage the use ces of further information. Wide publicity is desirable, to raise of the RIS. awareness of the significance of the site, and of the Convention generally. Protecting sites prior to designation BirdLife’s two strongest recommendations arising from this candi- After designation date sites work are (a) that the sites identified should be designated The purpose of this document is to contribute towards the adequate as Ramsar Sites as soon as possible, and (b) while waiting for the representation of important areas for waterbirds in the List of designation process to be completed, sites should receive the Wetlands of International Importance in Europe. Acting on the degree of protection which Ramsar designation would afford them. steps above should achieve this.

Sites are sometimes damaged through lack of knowledge about These steps, however, constitute merely the first stage towards the their value: however once their value is known, it would be unfor- concrete end-objective of fuller implementation of the listed sites tunate not to apply the desired level of protection simply because a aspects of the Ramsar Convention, and better conservation and formal step of designation had not yet been completed. wise use of wetlands generally. A wealth of other material and advice is available under the Convention, and from BirdLife Ideally, this should apply to all the sites in this document from the International and others, on the various dimensions of the treatment time of its publication. At the least, however, BirdLife would advo- of sites once listed. All users of this document are therefore encou- cate that it be applied as a matter of policy upon adoption of offi- raged to continue dialogue with the authors and the Ramsar Bureau cial lists of candidate sites at government level, as described above on issues such as planning, decision-making, management, in "Confirming official lists of candidate sites". This practice exists monitoring and awareness-raising. in some places already, where decision-making authorities treat recognised candidate sites as though they were already designated. With the assistance of the systematic information base presented To do so effectively, requires that this approach be advertised as an here, the prospects for ultimately stronger, more complete and official policy, endorsed at the same level of government that des- more durable success in the conservation and wise use of wetlands ignates sites. of importance for birds in Europe should be better than ever before. The challenge to deliver this rests now on all governments Approaches to designation and NGOs who are in a position to put this document to use. The act of designation takes different forms in different countries, BirdLife urges the highest levels of commitment to this among all and its manner is not prescribed under the Convention. Typically it concerned, and stands ready to provide whatever further assistance may be an administrative notification to relevant authorities, land- may be required.

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Country chapters

The following sections provide a country-by-country assessment is also provided together with a brief assessment of the likely of IBAs and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe. For each IBA selected development of the site network. details are provided for international name, location, area, Ramsar qualifying criteria and designation progress. An analysis of the Full details of each site, including bird populations, can be found occurrence of wetland-dependent threatened species at each IBA at http://www.birdlife.org.uk/sites.

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Albania 1 ☺ 0 9

See "Identifying potential Ramsar Sites" for description of site and species selection procedure and method for evaluating adequacy of Ramsar coverage used in this report. See also full details of each site, including bird populations, at http://www.birdlife.org.uk/sites

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Albania

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within ten IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these, while nine have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Albania IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) AL006 Karavasta Lagoon 5450 Karavasta Lagoon 20000 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=9) AL001 Lake Shkodra (Lake Scadar) 14000 0 ++++ AL002 Lake Ohrid 9700 0 ++++ AL003 Lake Megali Prespa 10000 0 + + + AL004 Lake Mikri Prespa 800 0 + AL005 Narta Lagoon 4180 0 ++++ AL007 Drini Delta 2188 0 + + + AL013 Velipoja 1500 0 + AL014 Patoku lagoon 1211 0 + + + AL015 Lalzi Bay 800 0 + +

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Threatened species: Within eight of the IBAs selected, four wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Dalmatian Pelican Greater Spotted Eagle Pygmy Cormorant White-headed Duck Grand Total Pelecanus crispus Aquila clanga Phalacrocorax pygmeus Oxyura leucocephala AL001 +1 AL002 +1 AL003 +1 AL004 +1 AL005 + +2 AL006 + + + 3 AL007 +1 AL013 + + 2 Grand Total 227112

Site network development: About 70% of potential IBAs have been identified in Albania. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Armenia 2 ☺ 0 1

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Armenia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within three IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within two of these, while one has no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Armenia IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=2) AM001 Lake Arpi 2000 Lake Arpi 3139 + + + AM005 Lake Sevan 150000 Lake Sevan 489100 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=1) AM004 Armash fish-farm 2795 0 + + +

Threatened species: Within two of the IBAs selected, six wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

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Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Black-winged Ferruginous Duck Lesser White Marbled Duck Pygmy Cormorant White-headed Duck Grand Pratincole Aythya nyroca fronted Marmaronetta Phalacrocorax Oxyura Total Glareola Goose angustirostris pygmeus leucocephala nordmanni Anser erythropus AM004 + + + + + 5 AM005 + + 2 Grand Total 1211117

Site network development: Probably <50% of potential IBAs have been identified in Armenia. More wetland IBAs are likely to be found with further survey work.

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Austria 2 ☺ 0 3

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Austria

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within five IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within two, while the other three have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Austria IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=2) AT003 Southern Seewinkel and Zitzmannsdorfer Wiesen 14000 Neusiedlersee, Seewinkel & Hanság 60000 + + + AT004 Neusiedler See 23272 Neusiedlersee, Seewinkel & Hanság 60000 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=3) AT012 Feuchte Ebene-Rauchwarther Platte 11000 0 + AT037 Storage lakes of the lower Inn 870 0 + + AT054 Meadows on the lower Ill 279 0 +

Threatened species: Within three of the IBAs selected, two wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Corncrake Crex crex Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Grand Total AT004 +1 AT012 + 1 AT054 + 1 Grand Total 2 1 3

Site network development: About 80% of potential IBAs have been identified in Austria. Most of the remainders are likely to be identified in mountainous areas and hence few (if any) other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Azerbaijan 1 ☺ 0 17

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Azerbaijan

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 18 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these, while 17 have no Ramsar designation as yet

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Azerbaijan IBA Code IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) AZ048 Kizil Agach Bay 132500 Kirov Bays 132500 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=17) AZ009 Varvara Reservoir 4000 0 + AZ024 Divichi liman (or Lake Akzibir) 7000 0 ++++ AZ030 Lake Aggel 9173 0 ++++ AZ031 Lake Boz-Koba 4000 0 + + AZ032 Lake Sarysu 20000 0 ++++ AZ033 Yashma Island 200 0 + + + AZ034 Absheron Archipelago (north) and Artem Bay 1000 0 + + AZ035 Shah Cape (Shakhova Kosa) 500 0 + + + AZ036 Lake Krasnoie and other waterbodies of the 0 0 + + + Absheron Peninsula AZ039 Sangachal Bay 1000 0 + + +

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IBA Code IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria (ha) Area (ha) 2456 AZ040 Glynanyi Island 200 0 + + + AZ041 Lake Hadjikabul 1500 0 + + + AZ042 Pirsagat Islands and Los Island 250 0 + + AZ043 Shorgel lakes/Shirvan reserve 26000 0 ++++ AZ045 Lake Mahmud-chala 10000 0 ++++ AZ046 Kura Delta 10000 0 + + + AZ047 Lake Ych-chala (Novogolovka-chala) 2500 0 + + +

Threatened species: Within eleven of the IBAs selected, six wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Dalmatian Pelican Lesser White- Marbled Duck Pygmy Cormorant Red-breasted White-headed Duck Grand Pelecanus crispus fronted Goose Marmaronetta Phalacrocorax Goose Oxyura Total Anser erythropus angustirostris pygmeus Branta ruficollis leucocephala AZ009 +1 AZ024 + + + 3 AZ030 + + + + 4 AZ032 + + + + 4 AZ036 +1 AZ041 +1 AZ043 + + + 3 AZ045 +1 AZ046 + + 2 AZ047 +1 AZ048 +++++ 5 Grand Total 61491526

Site network development: Probably <75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Azerbaijan. More wetland IBAs are likely to be found with further survey work.

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Belarus 1 ☺ 0 14

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Belarus

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 15 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these, while 14 have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Belarus

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) BY022 Sporovski 19384 Sporovsky Biological Reserve 19384 + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=14) BY002 Elnya raised bog 23200 0 + + BY003 Kozyany 44400 0 + BY005 Berezinsky Reserve 81023 0 + BY006 Beresina 6200 0 + BY008 Swisloch 3100 0 + BY009 Belovezhskaya Pushcha 87000 0 + BY010 Dikoe 7400 0 + BY011 Selets 6000 0 + BY012 Vygonoshchanskoe 43000 0 + BY016 Zvanets 15000 0 +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 BY017 Mid-Pripyat 100000 0 ++++ BY018 Olmany 94000 0 + BY020 Lower Pripyat 40000 0 ++++ BY021 Flood-plain of Sozh River 13400 0 +

Threatened species: Within 14 of the IBAs selected, six wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Aquatic Warbler Corncrake Ferruginous Duck Great Snipe Greater Spotted White-tailed Eagle Total Acrocephalus Crex crex Aythya nyroca Gallinago media Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla paludicola Aquila clanga BY003 +1 BY005 +1 BY006 + 1 BY008 + 1 BY009 + + 2 BY010 + +2 BY011 +1 BY012 + + + 3 BY016 + + + 2 BY017 +++++ 5 BY018 +1 BY020 + 1 BY021 + + 2 BY022 + + + 3 Grand Total 68156126

Site network development: About 40% of potential IBAs have been identified in Belarus. In particular, further survey work is likely to find more wetland IBAs within highly waterlogged, lowland river flood-plains, and some large tracts of mire (fens and bogs).

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Belgium 0 ☺ 4 10

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Belgium

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 14 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within none of these and partial with need of expansion in four. Ten (71%) have no Ramsar designation as yet, although it seems at least parts of BE005 and BE008 are in the process of being designated.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Belgium

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=4) BE001 Trappegeer-Stroombank 17000 Vlaamse Banken 1900 + + BE003 IJzervallei--De Blankaart 5100 De IJzerbroeken te Diksmuide en Lo-Reninge 2360 + + + BE006 Zwin 1820 Zwin 530 + + BE011 Schorren en Polder van de Beneden-Schelde 7570 Schorren van de Beneden Schelde 420 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=10) BE004 Voorhaven Zeebrugge and Baai van Heist 230 0 + + BE005 Polderkomplex 9349 0 + + + BE007 Krekengebied 780 0 + + BE008 Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen 213 0 + + BE009 Gentse Kanaalzone 700 0 + + BE010 Durme en Middenloop van de Schelde 7923 0 + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 BE012 Kuifeend and Blokkersdijk 194 0 + + BE015 Mechels Rivierengebied, Antwerpen 2263 0 + + BE017 Zegge 91 0 + + BE024 Grensmaas 2653 0 + +

Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: All potential IBAs have probably been identified in Belgium. Hence, few (if any) other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 ☺ 0 2

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Bosnia and Herzegovina is not yet Party to the Ramsar Convention. Areas within two IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=2) BA001 Hutovo blato 6144 0 + BA003 Bardaca 700 0 +

Threatened species: Within the two IBAs selected, three wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Corncrake Ferruginous Duck Pygmy Cormorant Grand Total Crex crex Aythya nyroca Phalacrocorax pygmeus BA001 + + 2 BA003 + + 2 Grand Total 1 2 1 4

Site network development: Probably <10% of potential IBAs have been identified in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Further survey work is likely to find more wetland IBAs throughout the country.

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Bulgaria 0 ☺ 5 22

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Bulgaria

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 27 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is not complete within any of these and partial with need of expansion in five. Twenty-two (81%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Bulgaria

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=5) BG033 Srebarna Lake 1445 Srebarna 600 ++++ BG036 Atanasovo Lake 1950 Atanasovo Lake 1050 ++++ BG041 Ropotamo complex 4800 Arkoutino 97 + + + BG049 Shabla Lake complex 3100 Shabla Lake 404 ++++ BG050 Durankulak Lake 2000 Durankulak Lake 350 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=22) BG006 Orsoya Fish-ponds 360 0 + BG007 Ibisha Island 70 0 + BG008 Island near Gorni Tzibar 60 0 + + + BG010 Pyasachnik Reservoir 4000 0 + + + BG015 Konush Reservoir 30 0 + + + BG016 Plovdiv Fish-ponds 98 0 + + + BG017 Belene Islands complex 1714 0 + BG018 Vardim Island 458 0 + + BG022 Rozov Kladenetz Reservoir 600 0 + + + BG023 Ovtcharitza Reservoir 630 0 ++++ BG024 Mechka Fish-ponds 800 0 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 BG027 Malko Sharkovo Reservoir 380 0 + + BG028 Tzerkovski Reservoir 500 0 ++++ BG030 Kalimok complex 1000 0 + + + BG032 Pozharevo Island 170 0 + + + BG034 Mandra--Poda complex 2270 0 ++++ BG035 Burgasko Lake 2800 0 ++++ BG037 Pomorie Lake 850 0 + + + BG042 Chengene Skele 160 0 + BG045 Kamchia complex 3000 0 + + + BG046 Yatata 154 0 + + BG047 Varna--Beloslav Lakes complex 2300 0 ++++

Threatened species: Within 23 of the IBAs selected, six wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Dalmatian Pelican Ferruginous Greater Spotted Pygmy Red-breasted White-headed Duck Grand Pelecanus crispus Duck Eagle Cormorant Goose Oxyura Total Aythya nyroca Aquila clanga Phalacrocorax Branta ruficollis leucocephala pygmeus BG006 + + 2 BG007 +1 BG008 + 1 BG015 +1 BG016 +1 BG017 +1 BG022 + + 2 BG023 + 1 BG024 + + + 3 BG028 +1 BG030 + + + + 4 BG032 + + + 3 BG033 + + + + 4 BG034 + + + + + 6 BG035 +++3 BG036 + + + + + 6 BG037 + 1 BG041 + + 2 BG042 +2 BG046 +1 BG047 + + 2 BG049 + + + 3 BG050 + + + 3 Grand Total 12 8 1 19 9 2 54

Site network development: About 85% of potential IBAs have been identified in Bulgaria. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Croatia 0 ☺ 3 8

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Croatia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within eleven IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within none of these and partial with need of expansion in three. Eight (72%) have no Ramsar designation as yet

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Croatia

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=3) HR001 Alluvial wetlands of the River Danube 37111 Kopacki Rit 17770 ++++ HR009 Alluvial wetlands of the River Sava 210000 Lonjsko Polje and Mokro Polje 50560 ++++ HR013 Pokupsko depression 10000 Crna Mlaka 625 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=8) HR004 Nasicka Breznica Fish-ponds 1345 0 + + + HR005 Alluvial forests from Podravska Slatina to Vuka 41384 0 + HR006 Donji Miholjac Fish-ponds 981 0 + + + HR007 Grudnjak Fish-ponds 1020 0 + + + HR008 Jelas Field 10000 0 ++++ HR010 Koncanica Fish-ponds and surrounding area 10000 0 + + + HR011 Alluvial wetlands of the River Drava 68002 0 ++++ HR019 Lake Vransko 3000 0 ++++

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Threatened species: Within eleven of the IBAs selected, five wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Corncrake Ferruginous Duck Greater Spotted Eagle Pygmy Cormorant White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Crex crex Aythya nyroca Aquila clanga Phalacrocorax pygmeus Haliaeetus albicilla HR001 ++++4 HR004 + 1 HR005 +1 HR006 + + 2 HR007 + 1 HR008 + + 2 HR009 + + +3 HR010 + 1 HR011 + +2 HR013 + 1 HR019 +1 Grand Total 1914419

Site network development: About 60% of potential IBAs have been identified in Croatia. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified in the future based on the criteria considered in this report, in particular extensive fishponds and Mediterranean wetlands.

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Cyprus 1 ☺ 0 3

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Cyprus

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within four IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one, while the other three have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Cyprus IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) CY005 Larnaca Salt Lakes 1850 Larnaca Salt Lake 1585 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=3) CY001 Klidhes Islands 15 0 + + + CY007 Akrotiri Salt Lake including Bishop's Pool 4000 0 + + + CY011 Cape Aspro 240 0 + +

Threatened species: Within three of the IBAs selected, two wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Grand Total CY001 + 1 CY005 +1 CY007 +1 Grand Total 1 2 3

Site network development: Probably >75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Cyprus. Further survey work is most likely to find more wetland IBAs within the north.

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Czech Republic 3 ☺ 3 2

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in the Czech Republic

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within eight IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within three of these and partial with need of expansion in three. The other two have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in the Czech Republic

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=3) CZ008 Trebonsko (Trebon region) 70000 Trebonská rybníky (Trebon Fishponds) 10165 + + + CZ008 Trebonsko (Trebon region) 70000 Trebonská raseliniste (Trebon Mires) 1100 + + + CZ009 Nove Mlyny Middle Reservoir 1080 Mokrady dolniho Podyji 11500 ++++ (floodplain of lower Dyje River) CZ011 Lednickè Rybníky Ponds (Lednice Fish-ponds) 653 Lednické rybníky (Lednice Fishponds) 650 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=3) CZ001 Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mountains) 54800 Krkonosska Raseliniste 230 + (Krkonose Mountains Mires) CZ005 Sumava Mountains (Bohemian Forest) 163000 Sumavská Raselinisté (Sumava Peatlands) 6371 + CZ014 Poodrí 8150 Poodrí 1500 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=2) CZ006 Rezabinec Pond 111 0 + + CZ007 Dehtár Pond 250 0 + +

Threatened species: Within four of the IBAs selected, two wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

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Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Corncrake White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Crex crex Haliaeetus albicilla CZ001 + 1 CZ005 + 1 CZ008 +2 CZ009 +1 Grand Total 2 3 5

Site network development: About 90% of potential IBAs have been identified in the Czech Republic. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Denmark 32 ☺ 3 24

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Denmark

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 59 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within 32 of these and partial with need of expansion in three. Twenty-four (41%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Denmark

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=32) DK001 Ulvedybet and Nibe Bredning 18530 Ulvedybet and Nibe Bredning 18530 + + + DK011 Hirsholmene 220 Hirsholmene 374 + + DK013 Eastern part of Vejlerne 4870 Vejlerne and Løgstør Bredning 41743 + + + DK014 Lovns Bredning 7590 Vejlerne and Løgstør Bredning 41743 + + DK019 Lønnerup Fjord 460 Vejlerne and Løgstør Bredning 41743 + + DK020 Western part of Vejlerne, 3850 Vejlerne and Løgstør Bredning 41743 + + + Arup Holm and Hovsør Røn DK023 Agger Tange and Krik Vig 5490 Nissum Bredning with 12772 + + Harboore & Agger Peninsulas DK031 Stavnsfjord and adjacent waters 15450 Stavns Fjord and adjacent waters 15450 + + + DK036 Horsens Fjord, 42880 Horsens Fjord & Endelave 42580 + + + Svanegrunden and Endelave Islands DK038 Nissum Fjord 10890 Nissum Fjord 10890 + + DK039 Harboøre Tange, Plet Enge and Gjeller Sø 7280 Harboøre and Agger Tange 12772 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 DK041 Stadil Fjord and Veststadil Fjord 6910 Stadil and Veststadil Fjords 6913 + + + DK043 Ringkøbing Fjord 27720 Ringkøbing Fjord 27720 + + + DK047 Lillebælt 35060 Lillebælt 35058 + + + DK049 Ho Bugt Meadows 2700 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK051 Ribe Holme and meadows at Kongeåen 6660 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK052 Mandø 850 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK053 Fanø 4370 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK055 Skallingen and Langli 2240 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK056 Fiilsø 4270 Fiil-So 4270 + + + DK057 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 115850 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK060 Tøndermarsken, Magisterkog and Rudbøl Sø 6520 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK065 Rømø 7010 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK067 Ballum og Husum Enge, Kamper strandenge 4280 Vadehavet (Wadden Sea) 150482 + + + DK071 Sydfynske Ø-hav 38440 South Funen Archipelago 38440 + + + DK076 Nærå Coast and Æbelø area 13060 Nærå Coast and Æbelo area 13060 + + DK082 Bøtø Nor 1710 Waters between Lolland & Falster 37210 + + (incl. Rodsand et) DK087 Maribo lakes 3810 Maribo Lakes 3810 + + + DK088 Nakskov Fjord and Indre Fjord 8550 Nakskov Fjord and Inner Fjord 8552 + + DK089 Præstø Fjord, Ulvshale, 24640 Pr‘sto Fjord, Jungshoved Nor, 24640 + + + Nyord, and Jungshoved Nor Ulvshale & Nyord DK094 Sejrø Bay and Nekselø 40250 Sejero Bugt, Nekeselo Bugt & Saltbæk Vig 43877 + + + DK099 Saltbæk Vig 3630 Sejero Bugt, Nekeselo Bugt & Saltbæk Vig 43877 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=3) DK083 Hyllekrog-Rødsand and Fehmarn Belt 100000 Waters between Lolland & Falster 37210 + + + (incl. Rodsand et) DK128 Northwestern Kattegat 580000 Læsø 66380 + + + DK128 Northwestern Kattegat 580000 Nordre Ronner 2920 + + + DK128 Northwestern Kattegat 580000 Anholt Island (waters north of) 11520 + + + DK128 Northwestern Kattegat 580000 Randers and Mariager Fjords 39040 + + + and adjacent coastal waters DK130 Smålandsfarvandet 135300 Skælskor Nor and Glænø (waters south of) 18492 + + + DK130 Smålandsfarvandet 135300 Fejo and Femo Isles (waters south-east of) 41680 + + + DK130 Smålandsfarvandet 135300 Karrebæk, Dybsø and Avnø Fjords 18860 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=24) DK007 Lille Vildmose 7380 0 + + DK022 Hanstholm Reservatet 5110 0 + + DK024 Hjarbæk Fjord 4260 0 + + DK026 Dråby Vig and Buksør Odde 1680 0 + + DK027 Glomstrup Vig, Agerø, Munkholm and 6990 0 + + + Katholm Odde, Lindholm, and Rotholme DK030 Norsminde (Kysing) Fjord 370 0 + + DK064 Flensborg Fjord and Nybøl Nor 3350 0 + + DK073 Vresen and sea area between Fyn and Langeland 3470 0 + + + DK075 Odense Fjord 5060 0 + + DK084 Ulvsund, Grønsund, Farø Fjord and Fanefjord 8160 0 + + + DK086 Guldborgsund 2820 0 + + + DK093 Tystrup - Bavelse Søerne 1960 0 + + + DK097 Hovvig 240 0 + + DK098 Sprogø and Halsskov Rev 4920 0 + + + DK100 Tissø, Lille Åmose, and Hallenslev Mose 2890 0 + + DK102 Korshage, Hundested and surrounding sea area 4000 0 + + + DK105 Roskilde Fjord, Selsø and Kattinge Søerne 13180 0 + + + DK106 Arresø 4610 0 + + DK109 Furesø and Farum Sø 1290 0 + + DK110 Saltholm 7240 0 + + + DK111 Vestamager and adjacent sea area 6210 0 + + + DK113 Møllesø and Gjorslev 50 0 + + DK115 Skjern Å 3850 0 + + DK117 Store Vildmose, Ryå and Stavad Enge 6000 0 + +

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Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: About 95% of all potential IBAs have been identified in Denmark. Four current IBAs may qualify as potential Ramsar Sites based on the criteria considered in this report, but bird census data are inadequate to support qualification currently. These are DK025 (Mågerodde and Karbyodde), DK028 (Nissum Bredning), DK077 (Roms¿ and Hindsholm peninsula) and DK101 (Bregentved and Gisselfeldt lakes).

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Estonia 7 ☺ 3 38

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Estonia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 48 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within seven of these and partial with need of expansion in three. Thirty-eight (79%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Estonia

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=7) EE003 Käina Bay 1316 Hiiumaa Islets and Käina Bay 17700 + + EE004 Hiiumaa Islets 16060 Hiiumaa Islets and Käina Bay 17700 + + EE013 Vilsandi Archipelago 18210 Vilsandi National Park 24100 + + + EE025 Nehatu Mire 681 Puhtu-Laelatu-Nehatu Wetland Complex 4640 + + EE032 Soomaa Mire complex 36890 Soomaa National Park 37169 + + + EE036 Alam-Pedja Wetland complex 25850 Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve 26000 + + + EE040 Mouth of the Emajõgi river and Piirissaar Island 31980 Emajõe Suursoo Mire and Piirissaar Island 32600 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=3) EE010 Matsalu Bay 51880 Matsalu Nature Reserve 48640 ++++ EE024 Suur Väin Strait 16010 Puhtu-Laelatu-Nehatu Wetland Complex 4640 + + + EE031 Nigula, Kodaja and Rongu bogs 8850 Nigula Nature Reserve 4651 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=38) EE001 Kõrgessaare-Mudaste Coast 4999 0 + + EE002 Vanamõisa Bay 1329 0 + + EE005 Hari Kurk Strait 28940 0 + + + EE006 Hullo and Sviby Bays 2291 0 + + EE007 Haapsalu-Noarootsi Bays 15910 0 + + + EE008 Paldiski Bay 7647 0 + + EE009 Marimetsa Bog 4599 0 + + EE011 Küdema Bay 4822 0 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 EE012 Tagamõisa Peninsula 10640 0 + + + EE014 Karala-Pilguse Coast 3114 0 + + EE015 Riksu Coast 1904 0 + + EE016 Lõu Bay 4815 0 + + EE018 Relict Lakes of southern Saaremaa 5735 0 + + EE020 Kasti Bay 3877 0 + + + EE021 Siiksaare-Oessaare Bays 3479 0 + + EE022 Kahtla-Kübassaare Coast 11290 0 + + + EE023 Väike väin Strait 18480 0 + + + EE026 Nätsi-Võlla Bog 9831 0 + + EE028 Audru Polder 788 0 + + + EE030 Häädemeeste-Võiste coast 3630 0 + + EE033 Laukasoo Bog 1431 0 + + EE034 Ohepalu-Udriku Mires 3349 0 + + EE037 Kallaste-Kodavere Coast 350 0 + + EE038 Lahepera Lake 255 0 + + EE039 Ropka-Ihaste flood-plain Meadow and Aardla Lake 765 0 + EE041 Meelva Bog 2073 0 + + EE042 Meenikunno Bog 2651 0 + + EE043 Flood-plain Meadows of Mustjõgi River 1412 0 + EE044 Haldi Coast 1201 0 + + EE048 Sutu Bay 2519 0 + + EE049 Irbe Strait 233900 0 + + + EE050 Kuressaare Bay 882 0 + + EE051 Pammana Peninsula 758 0 + + EE052 Parnu Bay 80840 0 + + + EE053 Eru Bay 877 0 + + EE055 Kärevere Flood-plain Meadow 150 0 + E056 Räpina Polder 1052 0 + + + EE057 Mustvee-Omedu Coast 1502 0 + +

Threatened species: Within nine of the IBAs selected, five wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Corncrake Great Snipe Greater Spotted Eagle White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Crex crex Gallinago media Aquila clanga Haliaeetus albicilla EE010 + + 1 EE039 + 1 EE055 + 1 EE056 + 1 EE031 + 1 EE032 + 1 EE036 + + + 3 EE040 +1 EE043 + 1 Grand Total 721111

Site network development: About 90% of potential IBAs have been identified in Estonia. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Faroe Islands (to Denmark) 0 ☺ 0 18

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in the Faroe Islands

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 18 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites, of which none have been designated as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in the Faroe Islands

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=18) FO001 Mykines and Mykineshólmur 1028 0 + + + FO002 Vágar 175 0 + + + FO003 Streymoy 125 0 + + + FO004 Eysturoy 60 0 + + + FO005 Kalsoy 50 0 + + + FO006 Kunoy 20 0 + + + FO007 Bordoy 35 0 + + FO008 Vidoy 75 0 + + + FO009 Fugloy 1118 0 + + + FO010 Svínoy 100 0 + + + FO011 Nólsoy 1028 0 + + + FO012 Koltur 30 0 + + + FO013 Hestur 50 0 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 FO014 Sandoy 250 0 + + + FO016 Skúvoy 999 0 + + + FO017 Stóra Dímun 265 0 + + + FO018 Lítla Dímun 82 0 + + + FO019 Suduroy 200 0 + + +

Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: Probably >75% of potential IBAs have been identified in the Faroe Islands. Further survey work may provide evidence for including other seabird colonies within new IBAs and potential Ramsar Sites based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Finland 4 ☺ 5 38

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Finland

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 47 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within four of these and partial with need of expansion in five. Thirty-eight (81%) have no Ramsar designation as yet. The Finnish Government proposes to designate a large number of new Ramsar Sites shortly, which seem to include areas of FI002, FI012, FI017, FI021, FI025, FI030, FI051, FI055, FI057 and FI065.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Finland IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=4) FI027 Krunnit Archipelago 4579 Krunnit Islands 4436 + + FI076 Porvoonjoki Delta 899 Porvoonjoki Estuary - Stensböle 1330 + + FI094 Eckerö and Hammarland Archipelago 16170 Signilskär-Märket Archipelago 22566 + + FI096 Lågskär-Nyhamn 2859 Björkör and Lågskär Archipelago 6309 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=5) FI005 Pomokaira-Koitelaiskaira 141630 Koitilainen Mires 38840 + + FI045 Merenkurkku Archipelago 223652 Valassaaret-Björkögrunden Archipelago 16730 + + + FI075 Pernaja outer Archipelago 18250 Aspskär Islands 369 + + FI077 Porvoo outer Archipelago 22570 Söderskär and Långören Archipelago 20483 + + FI078 Laajalahti bay, Vanhankaupunginlahti Bay 1274 Vanhankaupunginlahti and Laajalahti Bays 508 + + and Viikki Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=38) FI001 Lätäseno and Jietajoki Mires 43367 0 + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 FI003 Lemmenjoki-Hammastunturi-Pulju 529718 0 + + + FI004 Saariselkä and Koilliskaira 309553 0 + + + FI019 Karunginjärvi Lake 660 0 + + FI023 Tornionjoki Delta 526 0 + + FI028 Oulu Region Wetlands 81781 0 ++++ FI033 Haapavesi Wetlands 2500 0 + + FI036 Kitka Lake 12516 0 + + FI037 Litokaira 30405 0 + + FI038 Ahmasjärvi Lake 414 0 + + FI039 Rummelö-Harrbodan 240 0 + + FI040 Rahja Archipelago 11673 0 + + FI041 Kokkola and Kälviä Archipelago 20340 0 + + FI042 Sundominlahti Bay and Söderfjärden 4570 0 + + FI046 Kristiinankaupunki Southern Archipelago 7435 0 + + FI047 Lapväärti Wetlands 1093 0 + + FI050 Värtsilä Valley 745 0 + FI052 Outokumpu Wetlands 1150 0 + + FI054 Viklinrimpi 2651 0 + + FI059 Maaninka Wetlands 3370 0 + + FI064 Kangasala Wetlands 1093 0 + + FI066 Artjärvi Wetlands 1506 0 + + FI069 Torronsuo and Lake Talpianjärvi 4923 0 + + FI070 Siikalahti Bay and Sammallampi Lake 519 0 + + FI071 Kirkkojärvi Lake and Lupinlahti Bay 760 0 + + FI072 Itäinen Suomenlahti National Park 93253 0 + + FI073 Kirkon-Vilkkiläntura Bay 195 0 + + FI080 Tammisaari and Inkoo Western Archipelago 32666 0 + + + FI081 Hanko Western Archipelago 11151 0 + + + FI083 Pori Archipelago and Wetlands 15441 0 + + + FI084 Koskeljärvi, Vaaljärvi and Pitkäjärvi Lakes 2090 0 + + FI086 Puurijärvi-Isosuo Wetlands 3474 0 + + + FI087 Köyliönjärvi and Pyhäjärvi Lakes 2759 0 + + + FI089 Korppoo and Nauvo Southern Archipelago 73500 0 + + + FI090 Paimionlahti Bay 696 0 + + FI091 Mietoistenlahti Bay 2062 0 + + FI093 Föglö Southern Archipelago 17843 0 + + FI095 Mulklobb 6642 0 + +

Threatened species: Within five of the IBAs selected, three wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Corncrake Lesser White-fronted Goose White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Crex crex Anser erythropus Haliaeetus albicilla FI028 + + 2 FI050 + 1 FI080 +1 FI086 +1 FI087 +1 Grand Total 1 1 4 6

Site network development: About 50% of potential IBAs have been identified in Finland. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified throughout the country based on the criteria considered in this report.

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France (including Corsica) 16 ☺ 1 84

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in France (including Corsica)

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 101 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within 16 of these and partial with need of expansion in one. Eighty-four (83%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in France (including Corsica)

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=16) FR014 Golfe du Morbihan et Etier de Penerf 18800 Golfe du Morbihan 23000 + + + FR021 Traicts et marais salants de la Presqu'île Guérandaise 4650 Marais salants de Guérande et du Més 5200 + + + FR022 Marais de Brière 18900 Grande-Brière 19000 + + FR024 Lac de Grand-Lieu 5600 Lac de Grand-Lieu 6300 + + + FR026 Basses Vallées Angevines 6450 Basses Vallées Angevines 6450 ++++ FR035 Baie des Veys et Marais du Cotentin 37500 Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, Baie de Veys 32500 ++++ FR042 Baie du Mont Saint Michel et Ile des Landes 63800 Baie du Mont Saint Michel 62000 + + + FR060 Estuaires picards : Baies de Somme et d'Authie 18200 Baie de Somme 17000 + + + FR068 Lacs de la Forêt d'Orient 35800 Etangs de Champagne humide: CA05+CA04 135000 + + + FR070 Lac du Der-Chantecoq et Étangs Latéraux 56000 Etangs de Champagne humide: CA02+CA04 135000 + + + FR077 Etangs de la Woëvre: la Chaussée 6200 Etangs de la Petite Woëvre 5300 + + FR123 Brenne centrale 22000 La Brenne: CE06+CE07+CE08+CE09 140000 + + + FR234 Petite Camargue fluvio-lacustre 19300 La Petite Camargue + LR24 37000 + + FR235 Petite Camargue laguno-marine 21000 La Petite Camargue + LR23 37000 + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 FR239 Camargue 76500 Camargue 85000 + + + FR272 Etang de Biguglia 1980 Etang de Biguglia FR280 2000 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=1) FR170 Lac Léman (partie française) 24300 Rives du Lac Léman 3335 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=84) FR001 Baie de Saint-Brieuc 3130 0 + + + FR002 Archipel des Sept-Iles 4300 0 + + + FR007 Archipel de Molène 10900 0 + + + FR008 Rade de Brest: Baie de Daoulas et Anse du Poulmic 9000 0 + + + FR010 Marais de la Baie d'Audierne 3100 0 + + + FR011 Archipel des Glénan 4100 0 + + + FR012 Baies de Morlaix & de Carantec 7900 0 + + + FR016 Baie de Vilaine 4500 0 + + + FR018 Rade de Lorient 2800 0 + + FR019 Baie de Quiberon 14750 0 + + FR020 Baie de Goulven 2000 0 + + + FR023 Estuaire de la Loire 21400 0 ++++ FR025 Baie de Bourgneuf et Marais Breton 47000 0 + + + FR027 Marais salants de Noirmoutier 1650 0 + + FR028 Marais et forêt d'Olonne 3250 0 + + + FR030 Marais de Mazerolles - Petit Mars 2700 0 + + FR031 Vallée de la Loire : de Nantes à Montsoreau 12000 0 + + + FR033 Marais poitevin et baie de l'Aiguillon 77900 0 + + + FR037 Iles Chausey 18400 0 + + FR038 Havre de la Sienne 5150 0 + + FR039 Estuaire de l'Orne 1000 0 + + FR040 Littoral Augeron 23100 0 + + + FR044 Boucle de Pose et de Muids 5200 0 + + + FR045 Estuaire et embouchure de la Seine 21100 0 ++++ FR061 Vallées de la Scarpe et de l'Escaut 11150 0 + + FR062 Estuaire de la Canche 5050 0 + + + FR064 Cap Gris-nez 8950 0 + + + FR073 Vallée de l'Aisne 18800 0 + + + FR074 Confluent des vallées de la Meuse et de la Chiers 4860 0 + + FR078 Etang de Lindre 1660 0 + + FR079 Vallée de la Meuse 18100 0 + FR085 Ried de Colmar et Sélestat 10100 0 + + + FR090 Vallée du Rhin : Village-neuf à Biescheim 5690 0 + + + FR091 Vallée du Rhin : Marckolsheim à Strasbourg 10600 0 + + + FR092 Vallée du Rhin : Strasbourg à Lauterbourg 11000 0 + + + FR101 Estuaire de la Charente 5400 0 + + FR102 Vallée de la Charente et de la Seugne (Cabariot-Pons/St-Sever-de-Saintonge) 8300 0 + FR103 Vallée de la Charente : Amont d'Angoulême 4650 0 + FR104 Anse de Fouras, Baie d'Yves & marais de Rochefort 17550 0 + + + FR105 Ile d'Oléron, marais de Brouage-Saint-Agnant 26500 0 + + + FR106 Anse du Fiers d'Ars en Ré 4350 0 + + + FR115 Marais et estuaire de la Seudre 14800 0 + + FR118 Estuaire de la Gironde : Marais de la Rive Nord 2580 0 + + + FR122 Vallée de l'Yèvre 2200 0 + FR131 Etangs de Sologne: St Viatre, Marcilly-en-Gault et forêt de Bruadan 37500 0 + + FR133 Vallée du Fouzon 700 0 + FR135 Vallée de la Loire : Orléanais 7750 0 + + FR143 Etang des Landes 1800 0 + + FR146 Val d'Allier Bourbonnais 17900 0 + + FR152 Sologne Bourbonnaise 22000 0 + + FR158 Val d'Allier : Saint-Yorre-Joze 5500 0 + + FR159 La Dombes 79800 0 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 FR160 Val de Saône 12250 0 + FR162 Val de Drôme: Les Ramières-printegarde 2100 0 + + FR166 Iles du Haut-Rhône 3400 0 + + FR167 Plaine du Forez 80850 0 + + + FR171 Lac et Marais du Bourget 9350 0 + + FR176 Bassin d'Arcachon et Banc d'Arguin 20100 0 + + + FR177 Pointe de Grave 800 0 + + FR193 Domaine d'Orx 4250 0 + + + FR195 Estuaire de la Bidassoa et Baie de Fontarabie 9300 0 + + + FR207 Vallée de la Garonne : Palayre et environs 1700 0 + + FR208 Vallée de la Garonne : Moissac 1300 0 + + FR214 Etangs de Leucate et Lapalme 13650 0 + + + FR215 Etangs Narbonnais 10600 0 + + + FR220 Etangs Montpellierains 12700 0 + + + FR227 Cordon lagunaire de Sète à Agde 800 0 + + FR228 Etang de Thau 1000 0 + + FR229 Etangs de Vendres, Pissevache et Lespignan 4850 0 + + FR231 Etangs de Canet et de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho et embouchure du Tech 2500 0 + + FR238 Moyenne Vallée de la Durance 11300 0 + + FR245 Marais entre Crau et Grand Rhône: Meyranne, Chanoine, Plan de Bourg et Salins du Caban 5650 0 + + + FR247 Salins d'Hyères et de Pesquiers 1000 0 + + FR248 Iles d'Hyères 6600 0 + + FR252 Etangs de Citis, Lavalduc, Engrenier, Pourra, l'Estomac, Fos et Salines de Rassuen et de Fos 1250 0 + + FR253 Marais de L'Ile Vieille 1100 0 + + FR254 Basse Vallée de la Durance 6000 0 + + FR262 Basse vallée du Var 1100 0 + + FR266 Détroit de Bonifaccio et Iles Lavezzi 16600 0 + + FR267 Iles Cerbicale 5040 0 + + FR268 Golfe de Porto, Presqu'île de Scandola & golfe de Galeria 28700 0 + + FR274 Etang d'Urbino et zones humides périphériques 5200 0 + + FR275 Iles Sanguinaires 175 0 + + FR276 Iles Finocchiarola & côte de Tamarone à Centuri 1140 0 +

Threatened species: Within 13 of the IBAs selected, three wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii Corncrake Crex crex Grand Total FR010 + 1 FR023 +1 FR026 +1 FR031 +1 FR035 +1 FR045 +1 FR079 +1 FR102 +1 FR103 +1 FR118 + 1 FR133 +1 FR160 +1 FR276 + 1 Grand Total 2 1 10 13

Site network development: About 85% of potential IBAs have been identified in France including Corsica. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Georgia 0 ☺ 1 2

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Georgia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within three IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is partial with need of expansion in one, while the other two have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Georgia

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=1) GE004 Kolkheti 150000 Central Kolkheti 33710 ++++ GE004 Kolkheti 150000 Wetlands of Ispani II marshes 513 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=2) GE007 Eastern Caucasus 678976 0 + GE009 Javakheti Plateau 200000 0 +

Threatened species: Within the IBAs selected, eight wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Corncrake Dalmatian Ferruginous Lesser White- Marbled Duck Pygmy Red-breasted White-headed Grand Crex crex Pelican Duck fronted Goose Marmaronetta Cormorant Goose Duck Total Pelecanus Aythya nyroca Anser angustirostris Phalacrocorax Branta Oxyura crispus erythropus pygmeus ruficollis leucocephala GE004 + + + + + 10 GE007 + +2 GE009 ++++++ +7 Grand Total 4133122319

Site network development: Probably <75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Georgia. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified throughout most of the country.

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Germany 12 ☺ 20 159

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Germany

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

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Designation progress: Areas within 191 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within twelve of these and partial with need of expansion in 20. One-hundred-and-fifty-nine (83%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Germany

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code* (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=12) BY004 Ismaninger Speichersee and Fish-ponds 955 Ismaninger Speichersee and Fischteiche 955 + + + BY009 Ammersee 6520 Ammersee 6517 + + BY018 Lech-Donau-Winkel: Lechstausee Feldheim and Donaustausee Bertoldsheim 239 Lech-Donau-Winkel 239 + + BY023 Starnberger See 5720 Starnberger See 5720 + + + HH001 Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park 8139 Hamburgisches Wattenmeer 11700 + + + HH003 Mühlenberger Loch 675 Mühlenberger Loch 675 + + + NI049 Steinhuder Meer 5818 Steinhuder Meer 5730 + + + NI050 Diepholzer Moorniederung 13156 Diepholzer Moordniederung 15060 + + NI065 Dollart 5000 Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart 121620 + + + NI067 Rysumer Nacken 2490 Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart 121620 + + + SH036 Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park 278000 Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer 299000 + + + ST003 Helmestausee Berga-Kelbra 785 Helmestausee Berga-Kelbra 2790 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=20) BB006 Peitz and Baerenbrueck Ponds, and Lasszins Meadows 1571 Peitzer Teichgebiet 1060 + + BB007 Lower Oder valley 11780 Unteres Odertal, Schwedt 5400 ++++ BB016 Lower Havel-Lake Schollene-Lake Gülpe 11031 Niederung der Untere Havel/Gülper See 5792 ++++ BW019 Untersee of Lake Constance 6080 Bodensee: Wollmatinger Ried - Giehrenmoos & Mindelsee 1286 + + + BW049 Bodanrück and Mindelsee 8670 Bodensee: Wollmatinger Ried - Giehrenmoos & Mindelsee 1286 + + + BY010 Chiemsee and Chiemseemore 9300 Chiemsee 8660 ++++ BY013 Donau-Auen: Neu-Ulm-Lauingen including Faiminger Stausee, Donau-Moos, und Gundelfinger Moos 12500 Donauauen & Donaumoos 8000 + + + BY029 Lower Inn: Haiming-Neuhaus, including the Neuhaus, Egglfing, Ering and Simbach Reservoirs 6500 Unterer Inn, Haiming-Neuhaus 1955 + + MV013 Krakower Obersee 45850 Krakower Obersee 870 ++++ MV014 Eastern Coast of Lake Müritz, Grosser Schwerin und Steinhorn 46870 Ostufer Müritz 4830 ++++ MV018 Galenbecker See and Putzarer See 31510 Galenbecker See 1015 ++++ MV022 Vorpommersche Lagoon and Küsten landscape 210120 Ostseeboddengäwasser Westrügen - Hiddensee - Zingst 25800 ++++ NI001 Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park 240000 Wattenmeer, Elbe - Weser - Dreieck 38460 + + + NI001 Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park 240000 Wattenmeer, Jadebusen & westliche Wesermündung 49490 + + + NI001 Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park 240000 Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart 121620 + + + NI051 Dümmer 5035 Dümmer 3600 + + + NI056 Elbniederung from Schnackenburg to Lauenburg 54760 Elbaue, Schnackenburg - Lauenburg 7560 ++++ NI057 Elbmarsch from Stade to Otterndorf 18880 Niederelbe, Barnkrug - Otterndorf 11760 ++++ NW005 Weser dam Schlüsselburg 2980 Weserstaustufe Schlüsselburg 1600 + + NW008 Lower Rhine Area 31000 Unterer Niederrhein 25000 ++++ NW010 Sewage Farms of Münster 435 Rieselfelder Münster 233 + + RP001 Rheinauen: Eltville-Bingen 1780 Rhein, Eltville - Bingen 566 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=159) BB001 Spreewald 47344 0 + + BB002 Havelland between Brandenburg and Potsdam 40268 0 + + + BB003 Upper Rhinluch-Nauener Luch 56188 0 + + + BB005 Rietzer See 1130 0 + + + BB008 Schorfheide-Chorin 62769 0 ++++ BB009 Deichvorland Oderbruch 3153 0 ++++

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code* (ha) Area (ha) 2456 BB010 Lower Rhinluch-Lake Dreetz-Havelländisches Luch-Belziger Landschaftswiesen 13988 0 + + + BB011 Uckermärkische Seenlandschaft 54518 0 + BB013 Märkische Schweiz 17863 0 + + BB014 Lower Elb Valley 52895 0 + + + BB018 Alte Oder 1239 0 + + + BB021 Dosse-Jäglitz-Niederung 17935 0 + + + BB022 Elbaue Mühlberg 1793 0 + + + BB023 Feldmark Gartz/Gartzer Bruch 7520 0 + + + BB024 Gransee/Zehdenick/Schnelle Havel 33553 0 + + BB025 Grünewalder Lauch - Pulsnitzniederung 11347 0 + + BB026 Havelseen Werder-Potsdam 2170 0 + + BB029 Lausitzer Bergbaufolgelandschaft 9813 0 + + BB030 Luchgebiet Spaatz-Hohennauen-Witzke 8402 0 + + BB031 Luckauer Becken 9641 0 + + BB032 Malxe-Niederung/Lakomaer pond 9683 0 + + BB034 Niederung Rangsdorfer See/Prierowsee 4992 0 + + + BB035 Nuthe - Nieplitz - Niederung 5599 0 + + + BB036 Oderbruch 26092 0 ++++ BB037 Oder-Niederung Lebus-Ratzdorf 9889 0 + + + BB038 Plane-Niederung 8101 0 + + BB040 Randow-Welse-Bruch/Uckermärkische Agrarlandschaft 44529 0 ++++ BB043 Seengebiet near Kyritz 1174 0 + + BB045 Uckertal/Unteruckersee 10489 0 + + + BR001 Borgfelder Wümmewiesen 677 0 + + BR002 Blockland-Lower Wümme Valley-Westliches Hollerland 3503 0 + + BW005 Rhine flats: Kehl-Helmlingen 2150 0 + + BW006 Rhein flats: Greffern-Murgmündung 3350 0 + + BW007 Rhine flats: Nonnenweier-Kehl 3960 0 + + + BW008 Rhine flats: Sasbach-Wittenweier 4800 0 + + + BW009 Rhine flats: Neuenburg-Breisach 2850 0 + + BW010 Rhine flats: Haltingen-Neuenburg and Foothills 1660 0 + + BW015 Lake Constance-Obersee, and the adjacent Seerhein 400 0 + + + BW030 Lake Überlingen (Lake Constance) 6700 0 + + + BW032 Rhine Flats: Karlsruhe-Rheinsheim 5360 0 + + BW037 Rhine Flats: Breisach-Sasbach with Limberg 1170 0 + + BW073 Rhein Flats: Altlußheim-Mannheim 4490 0 + + BW096 Rohrsee nearby Bad Wurzach 156 0 + + BW097 Lake Constance - Eriskircher Ried 556 0 + + + BY001 Vogelfreistätte Mittlere Isar-Stauseen 500 0 + + BY002 Rötelsee-Weihergebiet including Regen-Aue 500 0 + + BY008 Altmühl valley: between Treuchtlingen and Leutershausen with Altmühlsee 6670 0 + + + BY011 Donau-Tal: Regensburg-Vilshofen 18200 0 + + + BY025 Murnauer Moos and Loisach-Kochel-Moore 8200 0 + HE012 Hessian Rhine alluvion 10500 0 + + HE027 Wetterau 8000 0 + MV007 Schweriner, Dambecker and Wariner Seen 74800 0 ++++ MV008 Greifswalder Lagoon 103154 0 ++++ MV009 Usedom Island 27790 0 + + MV010 Usedom Lagoon 49920 0 + + + MV011 Schaalsee 25670 0 + + + MV012 Lewitz Ponds 15780 0 + + + MV016 Southern Tollensebecken 8660 0 + + MV017 Peenetalmoor and Anklamer Stadtbruch 30530 0 + + + MV019 Ueckermünder Heide 31370 0 + + + MV023 Wismarbucht and Salzhaff 102030 0 ++++ MV025 Umland Dassower See 11490 0 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code* (ha) Area (ha) 2456 MV026 Greater and Lesser Jasmunder lagoons with Schmachter See and Nonnensee 21790 0 ++++ MV027 Stepenitz-Maurine-Radegast 6570 0 + + + MV028 Upper and Central Warnow with Göwe and Mildenitz 8850 0 + + + MV029 Lower Warnow 7900 0 ++++ MV030 Conventer See 1830 0 + + + MV031 Mildenitz Seen, Gägelower See, Uphaler See 6660 0 + + MV032 Parumer See, Sumpfsee, Inselsee 5960 0 + + + MV033 Langenhäger Seewiesen 5190 0 + + MV034 Breeser See 1540 0 + + MV035 Mecklenburgische Schweiz 77210 0 ++++ MV036 Recknitz- und Trebeltal 67280 0 + + + MV038 Mecklenburgisches Elbetal 41730 0 + + + MV044 Mönchsee 3330 0 + + + MV045 West coast Müritz 7950 0 + + MV046 Torgelower See and Varchentiner See 6160 0 + + + NI006 Ems Valley from Leer to Emden 2173 0 + + + NI007 Terborg 1982 0 + + NI008 Lower Weser 4163 0 + + + NI009 Unterweser, binnendeichs 4703 0 + + NI010 Landgraben--Dumme Lowlands 5950 0 + + NI011 Rheiderland 14130 0 ++++ NI013 Lucie and Landwehr 14130 0 + + NI014 Weser Valley near Stolzenau and Landesbergen 7880 0 + + NI019 Heerter See 1218 0 + + NI026 Klein- and Großringer Wösten 1160 0 + + NI030 Groß Fullener marsh 6520 0 + + NI035 Wesuwer brook 1840 0 + + NI038 Leine valley near Salzderhelden 1110 0 ++++ NI039 Valley of the River Ems 5317 0 ++++ NI040 Jadebusen 8267 0 + + + NI041 Engerhafer Meede 2523 0 + + + NI042 Alfsee 345 0 + + + NI043 Butjadingen 13420 0 + + + NI044 Norden-Esens 9948 0 + + + NI045 Wittmund-Wangerland 6895 0 + + + NI046 Krummhörn-Westermarsch 13870 0 + + + NI047 Lower Aller Lowlands 6825 0 + + + NI052 Hamme-Niederung 7350 0 + + + NI053 Hunte-Niederung bei Oldenburg 950 0 + + + NI054 Ostfriesische Meere 5400 0 + + + NI059 Wümme Lowlands and St. Jürgensland 2912 0 + + NI060 Wümme Meadows near Fischerhude 1684 0 + + + NI061 Land Wursten 6646 0 + + NI062 Gandersum/Lange Maar 3500 0 + + + NI063 Lowland of the River Ems near Laten 2750 0 + + NI066 Einswarder Plate/Tegeler Plate 742 0 + + + NI073 Eschebrügger Wösten 1140 0 + + NI079 Geesteniederung near Bramel 670 0 + + NI080 Huvenhoopsmor and Breddorfer Wiesen 4020 0 + + NI103 Lengeder Teichgebiet 130 0 + + NI112 Hund- and Paapsand 2500 0 + + + SH004 Flensburger Innen- and Aussenförde 10200 0 + + SH005 Schlei 2665 0 + + + SH006 Southern Shore of Eckernförder Bucht 5130 0 + + SH007 Stoller Grund, Gabelsflach und Mittelgrund 2200 0 + + SH008 Coastline of Probstei 9680 0 + + SH009 Selenter See 2141 0 + + +

45 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code* (ha) Area (ha) 2456 SH010 Grosser Plöner See 3038 0 + + + SH011 Warder See 1900 0 + + SH013 Grosser and Kleiner Binnensee 630 0 + + SH017 East and south-east Coast of Fehmarn 2700 0 + + SH018 Eastern bight of the Fehmarnsund 2930 0 + + SH021 Neustädter Bucht 2050 0 + + SH022 Brodtener Ufer 800 0 + + SH023 Traveförde and Dassower See 1500 0 + + + SH024 Lowland of the Rivers Eider, Treene and Sorge 60000 0 ++++ SH025 Pinneberg Elbe Lowlands 7600 0 + + SH027 Lauenburgische Seen Nature Park and Schaalsee area 47400 0 + + + SH028 Kühren ponds and Lanker See 470 0 + + SH030 Selent-Plön Fish-ponds 373 0 + + SH031 Heidmoor Lowlands 338 0 + + + SH034 Sagasbank and eastern coast of Oldenburg 14600 0 + + + SH035 Eastern part of Kiel Bight 59800 0 + + + SH037 Oldenburger Graben and Wesseker See 3800 0 + + SH041 Haaler Au Niederung 1000 0 + + SH042 Kudensee 1800 0 + + SH043 Hattstedter Marsh 1000 0 + + SH044 Eiderstedt 13000 0 + + SH045 Gotteskoogsee 4700 0 + + SH052 Hauke-Haien-Koog 542 0 + + + SN002 Ponds and Elbe Valley near Torgau 15550 0 + + + SN003 Oberlausitz Heathland and Fish-ponds 35000 0 ++++ SN011 Pond near Zschorna 1130 0 + + + SN015 Talsperre Quitzdorf 1578 0 + + SN016 Teichgebiet Niederspree 2212 0 + + SN018 Central Mulde 8600 0 + + SN020 Wermsdorfer pond and Waldgebiet 4120 0 + + + SN021 Speicherbecken Stöhna 220 0 + + + SN024 Unteres Rödertal and Colmnitzer Platte 10500 0 + + SN032 Oberlausitzer Gefilde near Weißenberg 6050 0 + + ST001 Middle Elbe Valley with Steckby-Lödderitz Forest 18272 0 + + ST005 Aland-Elbe Lowlands 4234 0 + + + ST006 Drömling 15265 0 + + + ST009 Elbe Valley Jerichow 4371 0 + + + ST011 Wulfen Meadows 2171 0 + + ST019 Elbe-Elster Lowlands 3354 0 + + ST023 Elbe Valley Bertlingen 2500 0 + +

* In contrast to all other countries in this report, national IBA Codes are used since international codes for Germany are in the process of being revised.

Threatened species: Within 39 of the IBAs selected, two wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Corncrake Crex crex White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Grand Total BB007 + 1 BB008 + + 2 BB009 + 1 BB011 +1 BB016 + 1 BB036 + 1 BB040 + 1 BY008 + 1 BY010 + 1 BY011 + 1

46 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA Code Corncrake Crex crex White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Grand Total BY025 + 1 MV007 + + 2 MV008 +1 MV013 +1 MV014 +1 MV017 + + 2 MV018 +1 MV019 +1 MV022 +1 MV023 +1 MV026 +1 MV027 + 1 MV028 + 1 MV029 + 1 MV035 + + 2 MV036 + 1 NI011 + 1 NI038 + 1 NI039 + 1 NI051 + 1 NI052 + 1 NI056 + 1 NI057 + 1 NI060 + 1 NW008 + 1 SH024 + 1 SH031 + 1 SH036 + 1 SN003 +1 Grand Total 29 14 43

Site network development: About 98% of wetland IBAs have been identified in Germany based on the criteria considered in this report. The remaining few uniden- tified possibly include goose roosts in the eastern federal states.

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Greece 7 ☺ 5 71

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Greece

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 83 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within seven of these and partial with need of expansion in five. Seventy-one (86%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Greece

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=7) GR010 Lake Mitrikou (Ismarida) 6500 Lake Vistonis, Porto Lagos, 24396 ++++ Lake Ismaris & adjoining lagoons GR011 Porto Lagos, Lake Vistonis, and coastal 15300 Lake Vistonis, Porto Lagos, Lake 24396 ++++ lagoons (Lakes of Thrace) Ismaris & adjoining lagoons GR012 Nestou Delta and coastal lagoons 22000 Nestos Delta & adjoining lagoons 21930 + + + GR020 Lake Kerkini 12000 Artificial Lake Kerkini 10996 ++++ GR081 Amvrakikos Gulf 25000 Amvrakikos Gulf 23649 ++++ GR098 Kalogria lagoon, Strofilia forest, 6000 Kotychi Lagoons 6302 + + and Lamia marshes GR099 Kotychi Lagoon 2700 Kotychi Lagoons 6302 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=5) GR006 Evros Delta 19000 Evros Delta 9267 ++++ GR028 Axios, Loudias, and Aliakmon Estuaries 20000 Axios, Loudias, Aliakmon Delta 11808 ++++

48 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 GR032 Lakes Volvi-Langada (or Koronia-Ag. Vasiliou) 43000 Lakes Volvi & Koronia 16388 ++++ and Rentina Gorge (or Makedonika Tempi) GR047 Lake Mikri Prespa and Lake Megali Prespa 33000 Lake Mikri Prespa 5078 + + + GR092 Messolongi and Aetoliko lagoons, 50000 Messolonghi Lagoons 33687 + + + and Acheloos and Evinos Estuaries Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=71) GR001 Northern Evros and Ardas Riparian Forest 20000 0 + GR007 Samothraki Island 17000 0 + + GR009 Kompsatos Valley 16000 0 + GR013 Nestos Gorge 14500 0 + GR018 Strymon Delta 1300 0 + + + GR023 Lake Doirani 2000 0 + + + GR024 Artzan Marshes 1700 0 + + + GR025 River Axios 12400 0 + + + GR029 Gallikos estuary and Kalohori lagoon 1800 0 + + + GR030 Alyki Angelochoriou lagoon (Megalou Emvolou) 357 0 + + GR031 Epanomi Lagoon 450 0 + + GR034 Agios Mamas Marsh 633 0 + + GR035 Nea Fokea Marshes 340 0 + + GR043 Alyki Kitros Lagoon 1500 0 + + GR045 Lake Vegoritis and Lake Petron 17000 0 + GR046 Lake Chimaditis and Lake Zazaris 5390 0 + + + GR048 Lake Kastoria (Orestiada) 3400 0 + + + GR059 Pinios Delta 2600 0 + GR061 Reservoirs of former Lake Karla 1200 0 + + + GR065 National Marine Park of Alonissos 5800 0 + + + (North Sporades) GR070 Lake Pamvotida (Ioanninon) 2707 0 + + GR074 Kalamas Estuary 8531 0 + + + GR077 Acheron Delta and Gorge 6000 0 + + GR083 Lagoons of Kerkyra 1100 0 + + GR086 West and north Zakynthos 13600 0 + + GR087 Strofades Islands 220 0 + + GR089 Lake Amvrakia 2205 0 + + GR091 Lakes Trichonida and Lysimachia 14279 0 + GR093 Alyki Lagoon, Aegion 32 0 + + GR103 Sperchios Valley and Delta-Maliakos Gulf 34000 0 ++++ GR109 Megalo and Mikro Livari Lagoons Istieas 1008 0 + + GR114 North-west Skyros and Ag. Fokas Islets 2700 0 + GR119 Divari Pilou lagoon (Gialova) 600 0 + + GR122 Evrota Delta 3000 0 + + GR128 Falkonera Islet 140 0 + + GR129 North, East and South Kithira Island 18000 0 + + + GR130 Antikithira Island, Prasouda and 2000 0 + + Lagouvardos Islets GR131 Rocky Islets of Limnos Island 4 0 + + + GR132 Lakes Khortaro and Alyki, Moudros Gulf, 14000 0 + + Diapori Fen, and Fakos Peninsula GR133 Agios Efstratios Island 4600 0 + + GR136 Tokmakia Islets 150 0 + GR137 Kallonis Gulf 7800 0 + + GR138 Gera Gulf-Dipi and Haramida Marshes, Lesvos 5000 0 + + GR140 Psara and Antipsara Islands 3900 0 + + GR144 Fourni Islands 5000 0 + + + GR153 Paros, Antiparos and adjacent Islands 10000 0 + + + GR155 Mikres Kyklades 5700 0 + + GR156 Amorgos Island 12100 0 + GR157 Los, Sikinos, Folegandros Island Group 19000 0 + + GR158 Christiana Islets 200 0 + + GR159 Anafi Island 3900 0 + +

49 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 GR160 Islets of North Dodekanisa 4275 0 + + + GR161 North and South Patmos Island and Islets 3200 0 + + GR162 North and East Kalimnos, Telendos, 4700 0 + + + and Kalolimnos Islands and Islets GR163 Kinaros and Levitha Islands and Rocky Islets 1725 0 + + + GR164 Astypalea Island and nearby Islets 11500 0 + + + GR165 Sirna Island and nearby Islets 1150 0 + + GR167 Nisiros Island and nearby Islets 5325 0 + + GR168 Tilos Island 6300 0 + + + GR169 Simi Island and adjacent Islets 6500 0 + GR170 Chalki Island and nearby Islets 3900 0 + GR173 Islets of Karpathian Sea 400 0 + + GR174 Kasos Island 8000 0 + + + GR175 Tiganis peninsula and the Islands of 5544 0 + + Gramvouses and Pontikonisi GR177 Agioi Theodori Islet 80 0 + + GR181 Gavdos and Gavdopoula Islands 3600 0 + + GR186 Geropotamos Estuary 450 0 + + GR189 Dia Island 1250 0 + + GR192 Dionisiades Islands 506 0 + + GR193 North-eastern edge of Crete 7500 0 + + GR195 Kavalli Islets 10 0 + +

Threatened species: Within 41 of the IBAs selected, eight wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Audouin's Gull Dalmatian Ferruginous Greater Lesser White- Pygmy Red-breasted White-headed Grand Larus Pelican Duck Spotted Eagle fronted Goose Cormorant Goose Duck Total audouinii Pelecanus Aythya nyroca Aquila clanga Anser Phalacrocorax Branta Oxyura crispus erythropus pygmeus ruficollis leucocephala GR001 +1 GR006 + ++++ 5 GR009 +1 GR010 + + + 3 GR011 + + + + 4 GR012 +++++ 5 GR013 +1 GR018 + + 2 GR020 + + + + + 5 GR023 + + 2 GR024 + 1 GR025 +1 GR028 + + 2 GR029 +1 GR032 + + 2 GR045 +1 GR046 + + + 3 GR047 + + 2 GR048 + + + 3 GR059 +1 GR061 + 1 GR065 + 1 GR074 + + + 3 GR081 + + + 3 GR091 + 1 GR103 + 1 GR114 + 1 GR129 + + 2

50 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA Code Audouin's Gull Dalmatian Ferruginous Greater Lesser White- Pygmy Red-breasted White-headed Grand Larus Pelican Duck Spotted Eagle fronted Goose Cormorant Goose Duck Total audouinii Pelecanus Aythya nyroca Aquila clanga Anser Phalacrocorax Branta Oxyura crispus erythropus pygmeus ruficollis leucocephala GR131 + 1 GR136 + 1 GR144 + 1 GR153 + 1 GR156 + 1 GR160 + 1 GR162 + 1 GR163 + 1 GR164 + 1 GR168 + 1 GR169 + 1 GR170 + 1 GR174 + 1 Grand Total 16 15 8 5 5 20 1 2 72

Site network development: About 95% of potential IBAs have been identified in Greece. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

51 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

Greenland (to Denmark) 8 ☺ 2 41

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Greenland

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 51 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within eight of these and partial with need of expansion in two. Forty-one (80%) have no Ramsar designation as yet. A report issued recently by the Danish Environmental Research Institute (Egevang & Boertmann 2001) proposes: i) the designation of four new Ramsar Sites that would cover the entire areas of GL017, GL018, GL038 and GL053; ii) the enlargement of two existing Ramsar Sites (GL023 and GL055); and iii) the deletion of the only other current Ramsar Site in Greenland (Kuannersuit Kuussuat) owing to its much reduced importance for birds (a site that does not qualify as an IBA). The report also provides revised figures for the sizes of all Ramsar Sites based on GIS analysis.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Greenland

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=8) GL025 Aqajarua-Sullorsuaq 22400 Aqajarua-Sullorsuaq 38000 + + (Mudderbugten and Kvandalen) GL030 Kitsissunnguit (Grønne Ejland) 6900 Kitsissunnguit 21500 + + + GL031 Naternaq (Lersletten) 184000 Naternaq 200000 + + GL032 Eqalummiut Nunaat-Nassuttuup Nunaa 579500 Eqalummiut Nunaat-Nassuttuup Nunaa 636000 + + GL040 Ikkattoq Fjord and Islands 44900 Ikkattoq 61500 + + GL041 Kitsissut Avalliit (Ydre Kitsissut) 4500 Kitsissut Avalliit (Ouder Kitsissut) 19000 + + + GL044 Heden 252400 Heden (Jameson Land) 256000 + + GL051 Hochstetter Forland 184800 Hochstetter Forland 234000 + +

52 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=2) GL023 Nordfjord and adjacent Valley 19000 Qínnguata Marraa-Kuussuaq 11000 + + GL055 Kilen 51300 Kilen 62000 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=41) GL001 Littleton Island and nearby Islets 300 0 + + GL002 Coastline from Robertson Fjord to Foulke Fjord 40000 0 + + + GL003 Hakluyt Island 700 0 + + + GL004 Northumberland Island 27000 0 + + + GL005 Carey Islands 1000 0 + + GL006 Booth Sund Area 8000 0 + + GL007 Dalrymple Rock 15 0 + + GL008 Saunders Island 300 0 + + + GL009 Qeqertaarsuit (Ederfugleøer) 5 0 + + GL010 Parker Snow Bay 100 0 + + + GL011 Appat Appai 20 0 + + + GL012 Coast between Appaliarsulissuaq and Kap Atholl 30000 0 + + + GL013 Kitsissorsuit (Ederfugleøer) 250 0 + + GL014 Apparsuit (Kap Shackleton) and Kippaku 250 0 + + + GL015 Kingittuarsuk III 5 0 + + GL016 Islands and Waters South and 20000 0 + + + West of Upernavik Town GL017 Umiiarfik 15000 0 + + GL018 Itsako 8000 0 + + GL019 Appatsiaat 500 0 + + GL020 Salleq 100 0 + + GL021 Innarsuaq 600 0 + + GL022 Qingartarsuaq 400 0 + + GL024 Qeqertaq 650 0 + + GL026 Appat, Ritenbenk 100 0 + + GL027 Northern part of Store Hellefiskebanke 500000 0 + + + GL033 Itinneq 1500 0 + + GL034 Taateraat in Evighedsfjorden 100 0 + + + GL035 Sermilinnguaq 3000 0 + + + GL036 Søndre Isortoq 100 0 + + + GL037 Fyllas Bank off Nuuk 160000 0 + + + GL042 Kap Brewster and Volquart Boon's Coast 20000 0 + + + GL043 Liverpool Land Coast and Mouth of Scoresby Sund 150000 0 + + + GL045 Kjoveland 15000 0 + + GL046 Enhjørningens Dal and Pingel Dal 50000 0 + + GL047 Ørsted Dal and Coloradodal 40000 0 + + GL048 Østersletten and Knudshoved, Hold With Hope 55000 0 + + GL049 Stordal - Moskusoksefjord - Badlanddal 90000 0 + + - Loch Fyne - Myggbukta GL050 Albrecht Sletten (Storsletten), Wollaston Forland 30000 0 + + GL052 South coast of Germania Land, and Slaedelandet 35000 0 + + GL053 Eastern part of Germania Land 100000 0 + + GL054 Henrik Krøyer Holme 1000 0 + +

Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: About 75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Greenland. In particular, further survey work is likely to find more wetland IBAs within shallow marine areas, since these areas are very important for wintering, moulting and staging seabirds.

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Hungary 5 ☺ 12 12

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Hungary

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 29 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within five of these and partial with need of expansion in twelve. Twelve (48%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Hungary

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=5) HU004 Kis-balaton 14745 Kis-Balaton 14745 + + + HU005 Lake Balaton 59800 Lake Balaton 59800 + + HU008 Pacsmag Fish Ponds 487 Pacsmag Fishponds 485 + + + HU014 Lake Öreg at Tata 259 Tata, Öreg-tó (Old Lake) 269 + + + HU023 Lake Kolon 2962 Lake Kolon at Izsák 2962 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=12) HU003 Lake Ferto 12542 Lake Ferto 8432 + + HU009 Béda-Karapancsa 11900 Béda-Karapansca 1150 + + HU010 Gemenc 17779 Gemenc 16873 + + + HU011 Sárvíz Valley 14700 Rétszilas Fishponds 1508 ++++ HU012 Lake Velence and Dinnyés Marshes 4800 Velence - Dinnyés 965 + + + HU022 Danube Plain 82000 Kiskunság 3903 + + HU026 Pusztaszer Landscape Protection Area 22320 Pusztaszer 5000 ++++ HU028 Lake Fehér at Kardoskút 8800 Kardoskút 492 + + + HU030 Biharugra Fish Ponds 16000 Biharugra Fish Ponds 2791 + + + HU032 Hortobágy 136300 Hortobágy 23121 + + + HU033 Kisköre Reservoir 12700 Hortobágy 23121 + + HU039 Bodrog Flood-plain 10000 Bodrogzug 3782 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=12) HU002 Hanság 27700 0 + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 HU006 Nagyberek 19400 0 + + + HU007 Inner Somogy 216300 0 + + + HU013 Vértes Mountains and Zámoly Basin 29400 0 + HU016 Danube reach between Gönyû and Szob 4840 0 + + + HU017 Danube Bend 15200 0 + + HU019 Middle Reach of River Ipoly 2700 0 + HU025 Lake Fehér at Gátér 1400 0 + + HU027 Puszta at Pitvaros 13100 0 + + HU035 Szatmár-Bereg Plains 117300 0 + HU037 Borsodi-Mezõség 28900 0 + + HU043 Aggtelek Karst and Bódva Valley 28600 0 +

Threatened species: Within twelve of the IBAs selected, six wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Aquatic Warbler Corncrake Ferruginous Duck Lesser White- Pygmy Cormorant White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Acrocephalus Crex crex Aythya nyroca fronted Goose Phalacrocorax Haliaeetus albicilla paludicola Anser erythropus pygmeus HU004 + + + + 4 HU006 + + 2 HU007 + + 2 HU008 + + 2 HU010 +1 HU011 + 1 HU013 + + 2 HU019 + 1 HU026 + + 2 HU030 + + + 3 HU032+ ++++5 HU035 + 1 HU039 + + 2 HU043 + 1 Grand Total 1 6 10 2 2 8 29

Site network development: About 75% of all potential IBAs have been identified in Hungary. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Iceland 2 ☺ 1 56

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Iceland

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 59 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within two of these and partial with need of expansion in one. Fifty-six (95%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Iceland IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=2) IS044 M´yvatn-Laxá 10200 M´yvatn-Laxá Region (part) 20000 + + + IS059 Thjórsárver 37500 Thjórsárver 37500 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=1) IS012 Innstavogsnes-Grunnafjördur 1900 Grunnafjördur 1470 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=56) IS001 Hornbjarg 1100 0 + + + IS002 Hælavíkurbjarg 1000 0 + + + IS003 Ritur 700 0 + + + IS004 Ædey 1100 0 + + + IS005 Látrabjarg 2000 0 + + + IS006 Breidafjördur 300000 0 + + + IS007 Álftafjördur-Hofsstadavogur 3000 0 + + IS008 Löngufjörur 17000 0 + + + IS009 Ferjubakkaflói-Nordurá 1500 0 + + IS010 Álftanes-Akrar 13300 0 + + IS011 Borgarfjördur 7000 0 + + + IS013 Hvalfjardareyri-Laxárvogur 900 0 + + IS014 Skerjafjördur 3300 0 + + IS015 Stafnes-Gardur 1330 0 + + + IS016 Ósar 400 0 + + IS017 Eldey 1 0 + + + IS018 Krísuvíkurberg 1200 0 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 IS019 Ósasvædi Ölfusár 7400 0 + + IS020 Stokkseyri-Eyrarbakki 4300 0 + + IS021 Sog 500 0 + + IS022 Apavatn-Laugarvatn 4900 0 + + IS023 Brúará 2900 0 + + IS024 Pollengi-Hrosshagavík 1400 0 + + IS025 Vetleifsholtsbugar-Thykkvabæjarvatn 5600 0 + + IS026 Oddaflód-Lambhagavatn 1500 0 + + IS027 Skúmsstadavatn 800 0 + + IS028 Vestmannaeyjar 27500 0 + + + IS030 Brunasandur 14000 0 + + IS031 Skeidarársandur 33100 0 + + IS032 Breidamerkursandur 6900 0 + + IS033 Hestgerdislón-Hornafjardarfljót 12700 0 + + IS034 Skardsfjördur 1050 0 + + + IS035 Lónsfjördur 2700 0 + + IS036 Hvalnesskridur-Thvottárskridur 1800 0 + + IS037 Álftafjördur-Hamarsfjördur 3500 0 + + IS038 Papey 540 0 + + IS040 Úthérad 36200 0 + + IS041 Skoruvík-Skálabjarg 5300 0 + + + IS042 Melrakkaslétta 24600 0 + + + IS043 Öxarfjördur 2500 0 + + IS045 Vestmannsvatn 600 0 + + IS046 Grímsey 2300 0 + + + IS047 Höfdahverfi 60 0 + + IS048 Hólmarnir 700 0 + + S049 Hörgárósar 540 0 + + IS050 Hrísey 767 0 + + + IS051 Svarfadardalur 540 0 + + IS052 Austara Eylendid 3300 0 + + IS053 Miklavatn-Skógar 2100 0 + + IS054 Drangey 1500 0 + + IS055 Hóp-Vatnsdalur 12000 0 + + IS056 Arnarvatnsheidi-Tvídægra 60000 0 + + IS057 Eyjavatn-Fridmundarvötn 7500 0 + + IS058 Gudlaugstungur-Álfgeirstungur 11500 0 + + IS060 Veidivötn 7600 0 + + IS061 Eyjabakkar 6800 0 + +

Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: Probably >75% of all potential IBAs have been identified in Iceland. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Ireland 14 ☺ 14 42

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Ireland

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 70 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within 14 of these and partial with need of expansion in 14. Forty-two (60%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Ireland IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=14) IE003 Trawbreaga Bay 1100 Trawbreaga Bay 1003 + + IE020* Sheskinmore Lough 944 Knockmoyle/Sheskin 1198 + + IE036 Lough Gara 1788 Lough Gara 1742 + + IE056 Lough Corrib 18240 Lough Corrib 17728 + + + IE057 Inner Galway Bay 11905 Inner Galway Bay 11905 + + IE064 Ballyallia Lake 308 Ballyallia Lough 308 + + IE090** Ballymacoda 602 Ballymacoda 375 + + IE096 Bannow Bay 958 Bannow Bay 958 + + IE112 Baldoyle Bay 203 Baldoyle Bay 203 + + IE123 Lough Oughter 1464 Lough Oughter 1464 + +

* In recent years numbers of waterbirds at this site have declined to below internationally important levels. ** Site may prove to need Ramsar boundary extension.

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 IE135 Lough Iron-Glen Lough 263 Lough Iron 182 + + IE135 Lough Iron-Glen Lough 263 Lough Glen 81 + + IE138 Lough Derravaragh 1120 Lough Derravaragh 1120 + + IE139 Lough Owel 1032 Lough Owel 1032 + + IE140 Lough Ennell 1404 Lough Ennell 1404 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=14) IE034 Cummeen Strand (Sligo Harbour) 1865 Cummeen Strand 1491 + + IE038 Killala Bay 4294 Killala Bay/Moy Estuary 1061 + + IE041 Broadhaven, Blacksod and Tullaghan Bays 10852 Blacksod Bay and Broadhaven 683 + + and parts of the Mullet Peninsula IE069 Tralee Bay and Barrow Harbour 3290 Tralee Bay 861 + + IE074 Castlemaine Harbour 11374 Castlemaine Harbour 2973 + + IE088 Cork Harbour 5950 Cork Harbour 1436 + + IE091 Blackwater Estuary 500 Blackwater Estuary 468 + + IE094 Dungarvan Harbour 1300 Dungarvan Harbour 1041 + + IE095 Tramore Backstrand 1557 Tramore Backstrand 367 + + IE102 Wexford Harbour and Slobs 5000 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 194 + + IE109 Dublin Bay 3000 North Bull Island 1436 + + IE113 Malahide/Broadmeadow Estuary 606 The Broadmeadow Estuary 546 + + IE115 Rogerstown Estuary 368 Rogerstown Estuary 195 + + IE121 Dundalk Bay 4920 Dundalk Bay 4768 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=42) IE004 Lough Foyle 21803 0 + + + IE005*** Lough Swilly including Blanket Nook 9000 0 + + + and Inch Lake IE006 River Foyle: Carrigans and Swilly Burn valleys 2300 0 + + IE010 Hord Head Cliffs 176 0 + + IE029 Durnesh Lough 365 0 + + IE030 Donegal Bay 40000 0 + + IE033 Drumcliff Bay and Ballintemple 3000 0 + + IE035 Ballysadare Bay 2146 0 + + IE039 Illaunmaistir (Oilean Maistir) 165 0 + + + IE042 Inishglora and Inishkeeragh 337 0 + + + IE058 Rahasane Turlough 257 0 + + IE059 Lough Rea 200 0 + + IE063 Cliffs of Moher 140 0 + + IE065 Mid Clare Coast including Mutton 7000 0 + + and Mattle Islands IE067 Loop Head 401 0 + + IE068 Shannon and Fergus estuary 16718 0 + + + IE072 Dingle Peninsula 3500 0 + + IE073 Blasket Islands 750 0 + + + IE075 Puffin Island 53 0 + + + IE076 The Skelligs: Great Skellig and Little Skellig 31 0 + + + IE080 Bull and Cow Rocks 336 0 + + IE083 Inner Clonakilty Bay 588 0 + + IE087 Sovereign Islands 2 0 + + IE092 River Blackwater Callows 1053 0 + + IE098 The Cull/Killag 896 0 + + IE100 Tacumshin lake 528 0 + + IE101 Lady's Island Lake 466 0 + + + IE103 Cahore Marshes 450 0 + + IE105 North Wicklow Coastal Marshes 670 0 + + IE108 Upper Barrow Flood-plain 1000 0 + + IE114 Lambay Island 612 0 + + + IE116 Skerries Islands 62 0 + + IE117 Rockabill 1 0 + + IE119 Boyne Estuary 404 0 + +

*** Included as Ramsar Site "Lough Swilly" in Hickie (1997) but not included in the official list of the Ramsar Bureau.

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 IE122 Carlingford Lough 4660 0 + + IE124 Lough Kinale and Lough Derragh 281 0 + + IE129 River Suck Callows: Shannon Bridge-Castlecoote 4000 0 + + IE130 Lough Derg 11989 0 + + + IE131 River Shannon Callows: Portumna-Athlone 5788 0 ++++ IE132 River Little Brosna Callows: 1154 0 + + + New Bridge-River Shannon IE133 All Saints Bog 326 0 + + IE136 Garriskil Bog 324 0 + +

Threatened species: Within the IBAs selected, only one site supports a wetland-dependent threatened species regularly in significant numbers (IE131), important for Corncrake (Crex crex).

Site network development: About 95% of potential IBAs have been identified in Ireland and few other wetland sites are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report. Thirteen IBAs selected in the initial analysis have been excluded because the qualifying species, mainly geese and Corncrake Crex crex, use exclusively non-wetland habitat within the sites (IE012, IE013, IE014, IE015, IE021, IE025, IE031, IE032, IE043, IE044, IE052, IE054 and IE120). Further investigation of the use these species make of these sites and adjacent areas could prove them worthy of Ramsar designation.

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Italy (including Sardinia) 1 ☺ 17 31

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Italy (including Sardinia)

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 49 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these and partial with need of expansion in 17. Thirty-one (63%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Italy (including Sardinia)

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) IT097 Diaccia Botrona 2964 Palude della Diaccia Botrona 2500 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=17) IT014 Brabbia Peatland and Lake Varese 2437 Palude Brabbia 459 + IT062 Grado and Marano Lagoon 32815 Valle Cavanata 243 + + + IT062 Grado and Marano Lagoon 32815 Laguna di Marano: Foci dello Stella 1400 + + + IT064 Venice Lagoon 68982 Laguna di Venezia: Valle Averto 500 ++++ IT065 River Mincio and Bosco Fontana 3581 Valli del Mincio 1081 + + IT067 Boscone Island 292 Isola Boscone 201 + + IT071* Valle Bertuzzi and Goro Lagoon 7081 Valle di Gorino 1330 + + IT071* Valle Bertuzzi and Goro Lagoon 7081 Valle Bertuzzi 3100 + + IT072 Valli di Comacchio and Bonifica del Mezzano 44013 Valli residue del comprensorio di Comacchio 13500 ++++ IT072 Valli di Comacchio and Bonifica del Mezzano 44013 Sacca di Bellocchio 223 ++++

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 IT073* Valli di Argenta 2000 Val Campotto e Bassarone 1363 + + + IT073* Valli di Argenta 2000 Valle Santa 261 + + + IT074* Punte Alberete and Valle della Canna, 4152 Punte Alberete 480 + + + Pineta San Vitale and Pialassa della Baiona IT074* Punte Alberete and Valle della Canna, 4152 Piallassa della Baiona e Risega 1630 + + + Pineta San Vitale and Pialassa della Baiona IT075 Ortazzo and Ortazzino 620 Ortazzo e Ortazzino 440 + + IT076* Cervia Saltpans 989 Saline di Cervia 785 + + IT166 Biviere and Plain of Gela 28052 Biviere di Gela 256 ++++ IT167 Pantani di Capo Passero 2963 Vendicari 1450 + + + IT188 Cagliari Wetlands 7526 Stagno di Cagliari (a.k.a. Santa Gilla) 3466 ++++ IT188 Cagliari Wetlands 7526 Stagno Molentargius 1401 ++++ IT193 Argentario, Orbetello Lagoon and Burano Lake 12164 Lago di Burano 410 ++++ IT193 Argentario, Orbetello Lagoon and Burano Lake 12164 Laguna di Orbetello 887 ++++ IT203 Gargano Promontory and Capitanata Wetlands 207378 Saline di Margherita di Savoia 3871 ++++ IT205 Oristano Wetlands 22595 Stagno di Sale Porcus 330 ++++ IT205 Oristano Wetlands 22595 Stagno di Cabras 3575 ++++ IT205 Oristano Wetlands 22595 Stagno di Mistras 680 ++++ IT205 Oristano Wetlands 22595 Stagno di Corru S'Ittiri, Stagni di 2610 ++++ San Giovanni e Marceddi IT205 Oristano Wetlands 22595 Stagno di Pauli Maiori 287 ++++ IT205 Oristano Wetlands 22595 Stagno di S' Elena Arrubia 223 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=31) IT022 Heronries of Pavia Province 32292 0 + + + IT025* Vercelli Rice-fields 15000 0 + + IT061* Caorle Lagoon 2200 0 + + IT063* Isonzo Mouth, Cona Island and Panzano Gulf 5000 0 + + IT069 Codigoro Heronry 60 0 + + IT070 Po Delta 17000 0 + + + IT077* Lake Massaciuccoli 3795 0 + + IT091 Lake Trasimeno 13200 0 + + + IT093 Lakes Montepulciano and Chiusi 2136 0 + + IT096 Tuscan Archipelago 76608 0 ++++ IT098 Uccellina Mountains, Trappola Marshes and 6000 0 + + Ombrone Mouth IT127 Tremiti Islands 5420 0 + + IT145 Sant'Andrea Island 262 0 + IT152 Eolie Islands 43410 0 + + IT157 Egadi Islands 47024 0 + + IT158 Stagnone di Marsala and Trapani Saltpans 4454 0 ++++ IT163 Simeto Mouth and Biviere di Lentini 3398 0 ++++ IT168 Pantelleria and Isole Pelagie 31177 0 + + + IT170 Maddalena Archipelago 59534 0 + + + IT171 Asinara Island and Stintino Peninsula Cliffs 16628 0 + + + IT174 Tavolara Island 24172 0 + + + IT175 Cape Caccia 8439 0 + + + IT180 Cuglieri Coast 6086 0 + + IT181 Orosei Gulf and Gennargentu Mountains 59102 0 + + + IT183 Mount Ferru of Tertenia 1000 0 + IT185 Flumendosa and Colostrai Pools 625 0 + IT187 Coast between Cape Boi and Cape Ferrato 2812 0 + IT190* Palmas Gulf Wetlands 1889 0 + + IT191 San Pietro and Sant'Antioco Islands 12115 0 + + + IT192 Coast between Cape Teulada and Pula 5927 0 + + + IT204 Gran Sasso and Laga Mountains 60000 0 +

*IBAs that probably support >20,000 waterbirds and hence qualify for Ramsar designation under Criterion 5, but for which data is being analysed currently.

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Threatened species: Within 25 of the IBAs selected, two wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Audouin's Gull Ferruginous Duck Grand Total Larus audouinii Aythya nyroca IT014 +1 IT064 +1 IT072 +1 IT073 +1 IT074 +1 IT096 + 1 IT145 + 1 IT158 +1 IT163 +1 IT166 +1 IT170 + 1 IT171 + 1 IT174 + 1 IT175 + 1 IT181 + 1 IT183 + 1 IT185 + 1 IT187 + 1 IT188 + 1 IT191 + 1 IT192 + 1 IT193 +1 IT203 +1 IT204 +1 IT205 + + 2 Grand Total 14 12 26

Site network development: About 75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Italy. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Latvia 1 ☺ 2 47

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Latvia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 50 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these and partial with need of expansion in two. Forty-seven (94%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Latvia

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) LV020 Engure Lake 11433 Lake Engure 18100 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=2) LV021 Kanieris 1653 Lake Kanieris 1200 + + + LV050 Teici and Pelecare Bogs 25321 Teici and Pelecares Bogs 24000 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=48) LV001 Nida Bog 3193 0 + + LV002 Pape Lake 3878 0 + + + LV003 Dunika Bog 1945 0 + + LV004 Liepaja Lake 5050 0 ++++ LV006 Durbe Lake 1261 0 ++++ LV007 Skrunda Fish-ponds 406 0 + + LV008 Uzava Meadows 3231 0 + LV011 Sarnate Bogs 2094 0 + + LV012 Uzava lower Reaches 3228 0 + LV013 Irbe Valley and Lielais Ances Bog 10927 0 + + LV014 Irbe Strait 145000 0 + + + LV016 Stikli 6475 0 + + LV018 Gulf of Riga, West Coast 120000 0 + + + LV019 Lielais Kemeru Bog 8606 0 + + LV022 Babite Lake 3212 0 + + + LV023 Satini Fish-ponds 1826 0 + + LV025 Lielauce Lake 884 0 + + LV027 Lielupe Flood-plain Meadows 257 0 +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 LV028 Svete Lower Reaches 904 0 ++++ LV029 Kalnciems Meadows and Odini Fields 1444 0 + LV030 Cena Bog 2826 0 + + LV031* Upesciems 759 0 + + LV032 Sudas Bog 3367 0 + + LV033 Lielais and Pemmas Bogs 3914 0 + + LV035 Madiesenu Bog 2870 0 + + LV036 Kodu-Kapzemes, Ollu and Pirtsmeza Bogs 8710 0 + + LV037 Ruja Fish-ponds 2974 0 + LV038 Burtnieks 9148 0 + + + LV039 Seda Marsh 7085 0 + + LV042 Gaujiena Bogs and Forests 1943 0 + + LV044 Daugava River at Kaibala 630 0 + + LV046 Daudzeva Fish-ponds and Aklais Bog 2481 0 + + LV049 Dviete Flood-plain 2145 0 + + + LV051 Aiviekste Flood-plain Meadows 1202 0 + LV052 Lubans and Fish-ponds 21968 0 ++++ LV053 Baltie Klani Marshes and adjoining Bogs 19329 0 + + + LV054 Pededze Forests and Parabaine 14081 0 + LV055 Sita and Pededze Flood-plain 1721 0 + LV057 Orlovas Bog 3177 0 + + LV058 Zabolotje Bog 3655 0 + + LV060 Nida-Perkone 10000 0 + + LV061 Ziemupe-Riva Coast 10100 0 + + LV062 Salacgriva-Vitrupe 4870 0 + + LV064 Taˇsu Lake 269 0 + + LV065 Ozolu Bog 710 0 + + LV066 Sturu and Zvardes Bogs 2364 0 + + LV067 Ziemelgauja Flood-plain 5683 0 +

*In recent years numbers of waterbirds at this site have declined to below internationally important levels

Threatened species: Within 16 of the IBAs selected, three wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Corncrake Greater Spotted Eagle Great Snipe Grand Total Crex crex Aquila clanga Gallinago media LV004 + 1 LV006 + 1 LV008 + 1 LV012 + 1 LV027 + 1 LV028 + 1 LV029 + 1 LV037 + 1 LV038 + +2 LV049 + 1 LV051 + 1 LV052 + 1 LV053 + +2 LV054 + 1 LV055 + +2 LV067 + +2 Grand Total 17 1 4 22

Site network development: Probably >80% of potential IBAs have been identified in Latvia. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Lithuania 2 ☺ 1 12

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Lithuania

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 15 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within two of these and partial with need of expansion in one. Twelve (80%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Lithuania IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=2) LT030 Zuvintas 6570 Zuvintas 7500 + + + LT035 Cepkeliai 14800 Cepkeliai 10590 + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=1) LT006 Nemunas Delta 26625 Nemunas Delta 23950 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=12) LT003 Kuronian Lagoon 6000 0 ++++ LT004 Kuronian Spit 26394 0 + + + LT005 Tyras 600 0 + LT013 Tyruliai 3688 0 + + LT014 Jura River Valley 200 0 + LT027 Novaraistis 827 0 + + LT028 Sirvinta River Valley 300 0 + LT031 Meteliai Regional Park 15299 0 + + + LT036 Senoji Rusne 1180 0 + + + LT039 Sulinkiai 600 0 + + LT040 Pravir˘sulis 3292 0 + + LT045 Birveta 1600 0 + +

Threatened species: Within ten of the IBAs selected, four wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

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Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Aquatic Warbler Corncrake Great Snipe White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Acrocephalus paludicola Crex crex Gallinago media Haliaeetus albicilla LT003 +1 LT004 +1 LT005 + 1 LT006 ++++4 LT014 + 1 LT028 + 1 LT030 + 1 LT035 +1 LT036 + 1 Grand Total 352313

Site network development: About 85% of potential IBAs have been identified in Lithuania. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Luxembourg 0 ☺ 0 1

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Luxembourg

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within one IBA qualify currently as a Ramsar Site, which as yet has no Ramsar designation.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Luxembourg IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=1) LU007 Weiler-la-tour, Kessel 80 0 + +

Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers in the IBA selected.

Site network development: All potential IBAs have been identified in Luxembourg.

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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1 ☺ 0 2

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within three IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these, while the other two have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) MK006 Lake Prespa 18920 Lake Prespa 18920 + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=2) MK005 Lake Ohrid 25100 0 ++++ MK010 Lake Dojran 4200 0 ++++

Threatened species: Within the IBAs selected, two wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Dalmatian Pelican Pygmy Cormorant Grand Total Pelecanus crispus Phalacrocorax pygmeus MK005 +1 MK006 + + 2 MK010 + + 2 Grand Total 2 3 5

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Site network development: Up-coming survey work is likely to identify two new wetland IBAs that would qualify as potential Ramsar Sites based on the criteria considered in this report. These are the rice fields bordering the River Bregalnitsa (between the towns of Shtip and Kochani) and the River Varder Valley (south of the town of Negotino). Apart from these, few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Malta 0 ☺ 0 3

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Malta

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within three IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites, of which none has been designated as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Malta IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=3) MT001 Ta'Cenc Cliffs 2 0 + + MT003 Rdum Tal-Madonna 4 0 + + MT005 Filfla Islet 6 0 + + +

Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: Probably >90% of potential IBAs have been identified in Malta. Few (if any) other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Moldova 1 ☺ 0 8

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Moldova

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within nine IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these, while eight have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Moldova IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) MD011 Manta Flood-plain-Beleu 19152 Lower Prut Lakes 19152 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=8) MD002 Bazinul Costesti-Stînca 5900 0 + + MD003 Balatina 9000 0 + + + MD005 Bazinul Ghidighici 900 0 + + MD007 Golf Goeni 1500 0 + + MD008 Lacul Salas 330 0 + + MD009 Copanca-Talmaz 6000 0 + + MD010 Bazinul Cuciurgan 6400 0 + + + MD012 Bazinul Taraclia 550 0 + +

Threatened species: Within three of the IBAs selected, nine wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly, but whether they all occur in significant numbers is unclear owing to a lack of bird census data. Future surveys will probably reveal some of the other IBAs selected support wetland-dependent threatened species regularly.

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Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Corncrake Dalmatian Ferruginous Great Greater Lesser Pygmy Red-breasted White-tailed Grand Crex crex Pelican Duck Snipe Spotted White-fronted Cormorant Goose Eagle Total Pelecanus Aythya Gallinago Eagle Aquila Goose Anser Phalacrocorax Branta Haliaeetus crispus nyroca media clanga erythropus pygmeus ruficollis albicilla MD003++++++6 MD010 + + + + + + + + 8 MD011+++++++ ++9 Total 313323 3 2323

Site network development: Probably <50% of potential IBAs have been identified in Moldova. With further survey work, more wetland IBAs are likely to be found throughout the country.

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The Netherlands 47 ☺ 5 20

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in The Netherlands

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 72 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within 47 of these and partial with need of expansion in five. Twenty (28%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in The Netherlands

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2 4* 5 6 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=47) NL001 Wadden Sea 272100 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL002 Texel: Schorren and Zeeburg 1600 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL003 Texel: Dunes and Hors 3850 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL003 Texel: Dunes and Hors 3850 Waddeneilanden, Noordzeekustzone 135000 + + + en Breebaart** NL004 Vlieland 2740 Waddeneilanden, Noordzeekustzone 135000 + + + en Breebaart** NL004 Vlieland 2740 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL005 Griend 100 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL005 Griend 100 Griend 23 + + + NL006 Terschelling: De Boschplaat 4400 Boschplaat 4400 + + + NL007 Terschelling: Dunes and Noordvaarder 4320 Waddeneilanden, Noordzeekustzone 385000 + + + en Breebaart**

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2 4* 5 6 NL007 Terschelling: Dunes and Noordvaarder 4320 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL008 Ameland: Duinen-Oerd 3150 Waddeneilanden, Noordzeekustzone 385000 + + + en Breebaart** NL008 Ameland: Duinen-Oerd 3150 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL009 Engelsmanplaat 720 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL010 Schiermonnikoog 2800 Waddeneilanden, Noordzeekustzone 385000 + + + en Breebaart** NL010 Schiermonnikoog 2800 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL011 Rottumerplaat 782 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL012 Rottumeroog 311 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL013 Balgzand 6000 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL014 Frisian Wadden Sea Coast 9310 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL015 Lauwersmeer 7820 Lauwersmeer** 5800 + + NL016 Groningen Wadden Sea Coast 4600 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL017 Dollard 6400 Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) 249998 + + + NL018 North Sea north of the Wadden Sea 187000 Waddeneilanden, Noordzeekustzone 135000 + + + en Breebaart** NL019 Zwanenwater 600 Zwanenwater 600 + + NL021 Westplaat 350 Voordelta** 90000 + + NL022 Voornes Duin 1500 Voornes Duin** 1500 + + NL024 Haringvliet 10900 Haringvliet** 10800 + + + NL025 Hollands Diep 4300 Hollands Diep** 4050 + + + NL026 Lake Volkerak 6450 Krammer-Volkerak 6450 + + + NL027 Grevelingen 13900 Grevelingen** 13900 + + + NL028 Oosterschelde 36880 Oosterschelde & Markiezaatmeer 38000 + + + NL029 Zoommeer 1175 Zoommeer** 1175 + + NL030 Markiezaat 2030 Oosterschelde & Markiezaatmeer 38000 + + NL031 Lake Veersemeer 3010 Veerse Meer** 2575 + + + NL034 Lake IJsselmeer 109000 IJsselmeer** 108000 + + + NL038 Lake Markermeer 69700 Markermeer** 61000 + + + NL038 Lake Markermeer 69700 IJmeer** 7400 + + + NL039 Lake Ketelmeer 3900 Ketelmeer** 3900 + + + NL040 Lake Zwartemeer 2180 Zwarte Meer 2050 + + + NL041 Lake Drontermeer 640 Drontermeer** 600 + + NL042 Lake Veluwemeer 3390 Veluwemeer** 3150 + + + NL043 Lake Wolderwijd 2750 Wolderwijd en Nuldernauw** 2600 + + NL052 Lake Leekstermeer 1450 Leekstermeergebied** 1450 + + + NL053 Lake Zuidlaardermeer and Onnerpolder 2100 Zuidlaardermeergebied** 2100 + + NL055 Oude Venen 2500 Alde Feanen 2500 + + + NL058 Lake Sneekermeer and Goingarijp 1670 Sneekermeer/Goëngarijpsterpoelen/ 2300 + + Terkaplesterpoelen en Akmarijp** NL059 Terkaplesterpoelen and Akmarijp 770 Sneekermeer/Goëngarijpsterpoelen/ 2300 + + + Terkaplesterpoelen en Akmarijp** NL061 Lake Oudegaasterbrekken 1760 Oudegaasterbrekken** 850 + + NL062 Lake Fluessen, Vogelhoek and Morra 2160 Fluessen/Vogelhoek/Morra** 2100 + + + NL065 De Wieden 9400 De Wieden** 9400 + + NL066 Oostvaardersplassen 5600 Oostvaardersplassen 5600 + + + NL077 Reeuwijkse Plassen 1650 Broekvelden/Vettenbroek** 700 + + + NL087 Groote Peel 1350 Groote Peel 900 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=5) NL020 Voordelta 107000 Voordelta** 90000 + + + NL032 Westerschelde and Saeftinghe 50800 Verdronken Land van Saeftinge 3500 + + + NL032 Westerschelde and Saeftinghe 50800 Westerschelde** 16000 + + + NL051 Biesbosch 9050 De Biesbosch (southern part) 1700 + + + NL056 De Deelen 1260 De Deelen 520 + + + NL074 Naardermeer 1120 Naardermeer 752 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=20) NL023 Kwade Hoek 430 0 + + NL035 Makkumer- and Kooiwaard 1740 0 + + + NL036 Workumerwaard 1320 0 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2 4* 5 6 NL037 Steile Bank and Mokkebank 4270 0 + + + NL044 Lake Gooimeer 2670 0 + + + NL045 Lake Eemmeer 1340 0 + + NL048 Gelderse Poort 6460 0 + + + NL049 Rijn: Heteren-Amerongen 2480 0 + + + NL050 Waal: Ewijk-Waardenburg 5940 0 + + + NL054 Groote Wielen 600 0 + + + NL060*** Lake Witte and Zwarte Brekken 460 0 + + + NL067 Lepelaarplassen 510 0 + + NL068 Eilandspolder 2040 0 + + NL070 Wormer- and Jisperveld 1940 0 + + NL071 Ilperveld, Varkensland and Twiske 1960 0 + + + NL076 Nieuwkoopse Plassen 2000 0 + + NL082 Fochteloërveen and Lake Esmeer 3830 0 + + NL083*** Dwingelderveld 3800 0 + + NL090 Zwarte Water and Overijsselse Vecht 1480 0 + + NL107 IJssel: IJsselkop-Ketelmeer 11780 0 + + +

* Within Osieck & Borggreve (1999) Criterion 4 was only applied to sites used by waterbirds for moulting and pre-migratory fattening. ** Designated as Ramsar Sites by the Dutch Government on 31st March 2000, but as yet not included in The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance *** Not considered within Osieck & Borggreve (1999)

Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: The majority of potential Ramsar wetlands have been identified in The Netherlands based on the criteria considered in this report, because of the nation-wide detailed bird census data available. The only notable gap in information refers to nocturnal roosts of waterbirds and in particular those of geese.

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Norway (including Svalbard and Jan Mayen) 2 ☺ 7 52

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Norway (including Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 61 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within two of these and partial with need of expansion in seven. Fifty-two (85%) have no Ramsar designation as yet. The Norwegian Minister of Environment has indicated 14 new Ramsar Sites will be designated shortly, but their overlap with IBAs has not been analysed.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Norway (including Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=2) NO033 Ørland Wetland System 2920 Orlandet 2920 + + SJ003 Inner parts of Kongsfjorden 140 Kongsfjorden 140 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=7) NO012 Inner part of Porsanger Fjord 2000 Stabbursneset 1620 ++++ NO032 Froan 60000 Froan Nature Reserve and Landscape 48400 + + + Protection Area NO044 Jæren Wetland System 13500 Jæren 400 + + + NO045 Lista Wetland System 1189 Lista Wetlands System 724 + + NO050 Nordre Øyeren and Sørumsneset 7504 Nordre Øyeren 6260 + + + SJ004 Forlandet National Park 64000 Forlandsøyene 60 + + + SJ010 South Spitsbergen National Park 467300 Isøyene 30 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 SJ010 South Spitsbergen National Park 467300 Dunoyane 120 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=52) NO002 Neiden and Munkefjord 1180 0 + + NO003 Varangerfjord 60000 0 ++++ NO004 Hornøy and Reinøy 200 0 + + + NO005 Makkaurhalvøya (Syltefjordstauran) 11600 0 + + + NO006 Kongsøy 280 0 + + + NO007 Tanamunningen 3450 0 + + + NO008 Omgangsstauran 780 0 + + + NO009 Sværholtklubben 220 0 + + + NO010 Gjesværstappan 720 0 + + + NO011 Hjelmsøy 430 0 + + + NO014 Loppa 720 0 + + + NO015 Nord-Fugløy 2130 0 + + + NO016 Sør-Fugløy 125 0 ++++ NO017 Sørkjosen 433 0 + + + NO018 Bleiksøy 20 0 + + + NO019 Skogvoll (including Skarvklakken) 2800 0 + + + NO020 Andøya 17000 0 + + NO021 Anda 10 0 + + NO022 Langøya 20000 0 + + NO023 Nykvåg 20 0 + + + NO024 Værøy 500 0 + + + NO025 Røst 1750 0 + + + NO026 Saltstraumen 200 0 + NO027 Fugløya 5000 0 + + NO028 Svenningen-Risvær 15000 0 + NO029 Lovunden 0 0 ++++ NO030 Vega Archipelago 50000 0 ++++ NO031 Sklinna 106 0 + + NO034 Inner Trondheimsfjord Wetland System 9500 0 + + NO035 Lake Leksdalsvatn 2200 0 + + NO036 Stjørdals Fjord 2500 0 + + + NO037 Gaulosen 330 0 + + NO038 Havmyran 3960 0 + NO039 Smøla Archipelago 27400 0 + + + NO040 Runde 640 0 + + + NO041 Dovrefjell 50000 0 + NO042 Hardangervidda 427200 0 + + + NO043 Kjørholmane Seabird Reserve 600 0 + + NO046 Skjernøy, South Skerries 100 0 + + NO051 Vorma-Andelva 40 0 + + NO052 Lake Storsjøen 4400 0 + + SJ001 North-east Svalbard Nature Reserve 1903000 0 + + + SJ002 North-west Spitsbergen National Park 328300 0 + + + SJ005 Daudmannsøyra 1000 0 + + SJ006 Alkhornet 100 0 + + SJ007 Fuglefjella 500 0 + + SJ008 Nordenskiøldkysten 25000 0 + + SJ009 Ingeborgfjellet 100 0 + + + SJ011 South-east Svalbard Nature Reserve 638000 0 + + + SJ012 Hopen island 50 0 + + + SJ013 Bjørnøya (Bear Island) 18000 0 + + + SJ014 Jan Mayen Island 38700 0 + + +

Threatened species: Within 15 of the IBAs selected, four wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

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Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Corncrake Great Snipe Lesser White-fronted Goose White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Crex crex Gallinago media Anser erythropus Haliaeetus albicilla NO003 +1 NO012 +1 NO016 +1 NO019 +1 NO026 +1 NO028 +1 NO029 +1 NO030 +1 NO032 +1 NO038 +1 NO039 +1 NO041 + 1 NO042 + 1 NO044 + 1 NO050 + 1 Grand Total 132915

Site network development: About 80% of potential IBAs have been identified in Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Poland 4 ☺ 2 46

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Poland

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 52 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within four of these and partial with need of expansion in two. Forty-six (89%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Poland IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=4) PL004 Swidwie Lake 900 Jezioro Swidwie 891 + + PL009 Slowinski National Park 18247 Slowinski National Park 18247 + + PL021 Luknajno Lake 710 Jezioro Luknajno 710 + + + PL032 Warta Flood-plain-Slonsk 4244 Slonsk Reserve 4235 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=2) PL025 Biebrza River Valley 126047 Biebrza National Park 59223 + + + PL054 Barycz River Valley 25700 Stawy Milickie Nature Reserve 5325 ++++ (Milicz Fishponds) Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=46) PL001 Delta of the Swina River 4000 0 ++++ PL002 Szczecin Lagoon 48000 0 ++++ PL003 Rozwarowo Marshes 1600 0 + PL006 Lower Odra River Valley 75000 0 ++++

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 PL007 Miedwie Lake 3200 0 + + PL012 Puck Bay 56000 0 + + + PL013 Wisla River Mouth 250 0 ++++ PL014 Wisla Lagoon 33000 0 + + + PL015 Druzno Lake 3021 0 + + + PL017 Dymerskie Meadows 300 0 + + PL022 Nietlickie Marshes 1200 0 + + + PL026 Narew River Gaps 4200 0 + PL027 Marshy Valley of the Narew River 9332 0 + PL029 Gródek-Michalowo Basin 4700 0 + PL030 Upper Narew River Valley 8400 0 + PL033 Notec River Flood-plain 10000 0 + PL036 Middle Warta River Valley 32000 0 + + + PL037 Ostrówek and Smogulec Ponds 1000 0 + + PL038 Slesin and Wystep Ponds 3200 0 + + PL039 Lower Wis´la River 32000 0 ++++ PL040 Marshy Valley of the Drweca River 3400 0 + + PL041 Goplo Millenium Park 12700 0 + + + PL042 Rakutowskie Swamps 800 0 + + + PL043 Ner River Valley 4800 0 + PL044 Jeziorsko Reservoir 4300 0 + + PL045 Kampinos Forest 35700 0 + PL046 Middle Wisla River Valley 19000 0 ++++ PL047 Zegrzynski Reservoir 12000 0 + + + PL048 Omulew River Valley 6000 0 + PL050 Liwiec River Valley 11800 0 + PL051 Lower Bug River Valley 55000 0 + PL052 Przemków Ponds 1046 0 + + PL053 Odra Riverine Forests 18000 0 + PL055 S´lup Reservoir 500 0 + + PL056 Mietków Reservoir 920 0 + + PL058 Turawa Reservoir 2200 0 + + PL059 Otmuchów Reservoir 2300 0 + + + PL060 Nysa Reservoir 3000 0 + + + PL061 Upper Wisla River Valley 130000 0 + + + PL062 Middle Nida Flood-plain 2000 0 + PL064 Tysmienica River Valley 14500 0 + PL066 Bubnów Marshes 2104 0 + PL067 Middle Bug River Valley 5100 0 + PL068 Chelm Calcareous Marshes 1700 0 + PL076 Starzawa Ponds 950 0 + + PL078 Pasleka River Valley 20000 0 +

Threatened species: Within 29 of the IBAs selected, six wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Aquatic Warbler Corncrake Ferruginous Duck Great Snipe Greater Spotted White-tailed Eagle Grand Acrocephalus Crex crex Aythya nyroca Gallinago media Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Total paludicola Aquila clanga PL001 + 1 PL002 + +2 PL003 + 1 PL006 + + +3 PL013 +1 PL022 + + 2 PL025 + + + 3 PL026 + + 2 PL027 + 1

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IBA Code Aquatic Warbler Corncrake Ferruginous Duck Great Snipe Greater Spotted White-tailed Eagle Grand Acrocephalus Crex crex Aythya nyroca Gallinago media Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Total paludicola Aquila clanga PL029 +1 PL030 + + + 3 PL032 + +2 PL033 + 1 PL036 + 1 PL039 + +2 PL043 + 1 PL045 + 1 PL046 +1 PL048 + 1 PL050 + 1 PL051 + + 2 PL053 +1 PL054 + + 2 PL062 + 1 PL064 + +2 PL066 + 1 PL067 + 1 PL068 + 1 PL078 + 1 Grand Total 10 22 1 5 1 13 52

Site network development: About 75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Poland. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Portugal (including Azores and Madeira) 7 ☺ 0 21

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira)

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 28 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within seven of these, while 21 have no Ramsar designation as yet. The Portuguese government has announced recently that two further areas will be designated as Ramsar Sites shortly, likely to be followed by three more areas, but these do not include any of the 21 undesignated IBAs.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira) IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=7) PT015 Paul do Boquilobo 433 Paul do Boquilobo 529 + + PT021 Tejo Estuary 45071 Estuário do Tejo 14563 + + + PT023 Sado Estuary 24633 Estuario de Sado 25588 + + + PT024 Murta Dam 498 Estuario de Sado 25588 + + PT028 Santo André and Sancha Lagoons 2638 Lagoa de Sto. André et Lagoa de Sancha 2638 + + PT033 Ria Formosa (Faro Lagoon) 23296 Ria Formosa 16000 + + + PT034 Castro Marim 2147 Sapais de Castro Marim 2235 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=21) PT007 Ria de Aveiro 52720 0 + + + PT014 Berlenga and Farilhões Islands 9560 0 + + + QQ001 Coast of Flores 1200 0 + + + QQ002 Coast of Corvo 690 0 + + + QQ003 Coast of Faial 940 0 + + + QQ004 Coast of Pico 1500 0 + + + QQ005 Rosais 500 0 + + + QQ006 Topo 340 0 + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 QQ007 Coast and Islets of Graciosa 680 0 + + + QQ008 West Coast of Terceira 600 0 + + QQ009 South-east Coast of Terceira 350 0 + + QQ010 West Coast of São Miguel 360 0 + + + QQ011 Cintrão 200 0 + + QQ012 Vila Franca Islet 10 0 + + QQ013 East of São Miguel 4800 0 + + + QQ014 Vila Islet 10 0 + + QQ015 North and east Coast of Santa Maria 625 0 + + + ZZ008 Bugio - Deserta Islands 333 0 + + + ZZ009 Ilheu Chão and Deserta Grande 1089 0 + + ZZ010 Selvagem Grande 245 0 + + + ZZ011 Selvagem Pequena and Ilheu de Fora 20 0 + + +

Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: About 90% of potential IBAs have been identified in Portugal, Madeira and the Azores. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Romania 3 ☺ 0 22

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Romania

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 25 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within three of these, while 22 (88%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Romania

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=3) RO001 Danube Delta and Razelm-Sinoe Complex 442000 Danube Delta 647000 ++++ RO002 Parches-Somova Wetland 3100 Danube Delta 647000 + + + RO005 Black Sea Coast-Chituc 5000 Danube Delta 647000 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=22) RO003 Lake Beibugeac 180 0 + + + RO006 Lake Tasaul 1830 0 + + RO007 Lake Siutghiol 2000 0 + + + RO008 Lake Techirghiol 1170 0 ++++ RO010 Vadeni-Mata-Cârja-Radeanu Wetlands 380 0 + RO014 Vladeni Fish-ponds 1200 0 + + + RO015 Stânca-Stefanesti Reservoir 7000 0 + + RO025 Cefa Fish-ponds and Radvani Wood 1000 0 ++++ RO029 Satchinez Marsh 236 0 + RO030 Murani Lake and Pischia Forest 1500 0 + RO032 Portile de Fier Reservoir 32000 0 ++++

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 RO033 Mehedinti Fish-ponds-Izvoarele 210 0 + RO035 Mehedinti Fish-ponds-Gârla Mare 140 0 + RO036 Lake Dunareni-Bistret 1936 0 + + + RO037 Strejesti Reservoir 2000 0 + + + RO038 Lake Comana 800 0 + RO039 Ciocanesti Fish-farm 300 0 + + + RO040 Lake Strachina 1050 0 + RO041 Lake Fundata 510 0 + + RO042 Lake Tataru 120 0 + RO043 The Little Island of Braila 14862 0 + + + RO044 Balta Alba, Amara and Jirlau Lakes 2680 0 ++++

Threatened species: Within 22 of the IBAs selected, nine wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Black-winged Corncrake Dalmatian Ferruginous Greater Lesser White- Pygmy Red-breasted White-headed Grand Pratincole Crex crex Pelican Duck Spotted Eagle fronted Goose Cormorant Goose Duck Total Glareola Pelecanus Aythya Aquila clanga Anser Phalacrocorax Branta Oxyura nordmanni crispus nyroca erythropus pygmeus ruficollis leucocephala RO001 + + + + + + + + 8 RO002 ++ 2 RO003 +1 RO005 +1 RO007 +1 RO008 ++ +3 RO010 + 1 RO014 +1 RO025 + 1 RO029 + 1 RO030 + 1 RO032 + + 2 RO033 + 1 RO035 +1 RO036 + + 2 RO037 +1 RO038 + + 2 RO039 + + 2 RO040 + 1 RO042 +1 RO043 + + + 3 RO044 + + 2 Grand Total 1 3 4 11 1 1 12 4 2 39

Site network development: About 80% of potential IBAs have been identified in Romania. In particular, further survey work is likely to find more wetland IBAs within the Danube valley.

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Russia 12 ☺ 5 191

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in European Russia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 208 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within twelve of these and partial with need of expansion in five. One-hundred-and-ninety-one (92%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

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Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in European Russia IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=12) RU009 Kandalaksha Bay 208000 Kandalaksha Bay 208000 ++++ RU042 Mouth of Svir River 60500 Svir Delta 60500 ++++ RU044 Berezovye Islands 54520 Berezovye Islands, Gulf of Finland 12000 + + + RU046 Lake Vyalye and adjoining Marshes 75100 Mshinskaye wetland system 75100 + + RU048 Kurgalski Peninsula 40000 Kurgalsky Peninsula 65000 ++++ RU049 Swans Area (Southern Shore of Finski Bay) 6900 Southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 6400 ++++ Baltic Sea RU084 Oka River Valley Biosphere Reserve 48000 Oka & Pra River Floodplains 161542 + RU140 Veselovskoye Reservoir 309000 Vesolovskoye Reservoir 309000 ++++ RU143 Islands in the Western Part of Lake Manych-Gudilo 19200 Lake Manych-Gudilo 112600 ++++ RU151 Eastern Coast of the Sea of Azov 457300 Kuban Delta: limans between 88400 ++++ rivers Kuban & Protoka RU179 Volga Delta 1150000 Volga Delta 800000 ++++ RU184 Kamsko-Bakaldinskiye Marshes 306000 Kama-Bakaldino Mires 226500 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=5) RU018* Onega Bay of White Sea 200000 Islands in Onega Bay 3600 + + + RU050 Chudsko-Pskovski Lake and Adjacent Areas 251400 Pskovsko-Chudskaya Lowland 93600 ++++ RU076 Central Meshchera Lake-system 92700 Oka & Pra River Floodplains 161542 + RU150 Salt-lakes in the Primorsko-Akhtarsk Area 40000 Kuban Delta: Akhtaro-Grivenskaya 84600 ++++ group of limans RU165* Lake Manych-Gudilo 50000 Lake Manych-Gudilo 112600 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=191) RU002 Neman Delta and Kursiu Lagoon coast 41000 0 + + + RU003* Ainov Islands 290 0 + + RU004* Seven Islands 650 0 + + + RU005 Coastal Belt of eastern Murmansk 260 0 + + + RU006 Watershed of the Rivers Strelna and Varzuga 250000 0 + + RU010* Gavrilovski Archipelago 1595 0 + + + RU012 Lakes of northern Karelia 1000000 0 + + RU014 Olonets Plain 18000 0 ++++ RU015 Valaamski Archipelago 20000 0 + + RU016 Zaonezh'ye 330000 0 ++++ RU017 South-eastern coast of Lake Ladoga 1250 0 + + RU020 Solovetski Archipelago 34700 0 + + + RU021* Torna-Shoina Watershed 15000 0 ++++ RU022 Delta of River Severnaya Dvina 130000 0 + + + RU023 Lake Lacha 53500 0 ++++ RU024 Kenozer'ye 180000 0 ++++ RU025 Bezymyannaya and Gribovaya Bays 140000 0 + + + and adjoining Waters RU026 Arkhangelskaya Bay 1000 0 + + + RU027 Kargopol' Area 175000 0 ++++ RU028 Vodlozero 200000 0 + RU029* Vashutkiny, Padimeyskiye and Khargeyskiye lakes 25000 0 + + + RU030 Vaygach Island 340000 0 + + + RU031* Varandeyskaya Lapta Peninsula 200000 0 + + RU032* River Chernaya 200000 0 + + + RU033* Southern coast of Cheshskaya Bay ? 0 + + + RU034 Kanin Peninsula 500000 0 + + + RU035* Khaypudyrskaya Bay 20600 0 + + + (islands of B. Zelenets, Dolgi, Matveyev) RU036* Russki Zavorot Peninsula 299000 0 + + + RU037 Middle reaches of Bolshaya Rogovaya River 35000 0 + RU040 Valley of Sysola River 110000 0 + + + RU041 Kilpola Island and Adjoining Waters 30000 0 + + RU043 Rakovye Lakes 9700 0 ++++ RU045 Koporski Bay 6000 0 ++++

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 RU047 Narva Reservoir 6500 0 + + + RU051* Lake Ilmen' and Adjoining Marshy Plain 250000 0 ++++ RU052 Pereluchski Nature Reserve 6425 0 + RU053* Flood-plain of Volkhov River 17650 0 + + + RU055 Sources of the River Luga 49600 0 + + + RU056* Polisto-Lovatskaya Mire System 110000 0 + + + RU057 Sizemski Flood-plain of Sheksna Reservoir 60000 0 + + + RU058* Rybinsk Reservoir 454540 0 + + + RU060 Central Forest Biosphere Reserve and Adjacent Areas 63720 0 + + + RU062 Budnyanski Mire 3156 0 + + RU063 Stakhovski Marshes 10296 0 + + + RU064* Upper Mologa River (Verestovo lake) 17000 0 + + + RU065 Savtsinskoye Marsh 4569 0 + + RU066 Orshinski Marshes 43200 0 + + RU067 Flood-plain of Kotorosl' and Ust'e Rivers 4200 0 ++++ RU068 Flood-plain of Kostroma River 55125 0 + + + RU069 Smolenskoye Pohozer'ye 146161 0 + RU070* Faustovo flood-plains of Moscow River 9000 0 ++++ RU071* Dubna Marshes 38500 0 + + + RU072 Lotoshino Crane Staging Area 28200 0 + + RU074* Dedinoivo Flood-plain of Oka River 23120 0 ++++ RU075 Zavidovo Nature Reserve, including Lotoshinski, 133800 0 + + + Klinski and Diatlovo Fish-ponds RU077* Nerussa-Desna Woodland (Polesye) 250000 0 + RU078 Flood-plain of Iput' River in Vicinity of Krutoayr 4000 0 + + + RU079 Flood-plain of Iput' River in Vicinity of Kholevichami 6800 0 ++++ RU081* Desna Flood-plain near Trubchevsk 17200 0 ++++ RU082 Gavan'skiye Oak-forest 3000 0 + RU085 Valley complex of Moksha and Oka Rivers 22400 0 ++++ RU086 Shilovo Flood-plain of Oka River 22000 0 ++++ RU087 Izhevsk Flood-plain of Oka River 30000 0 ++++ RU088 Solotcha Flood-plain of Oka River 12000 0 ++++ RU089 Oka Valley in vicinity of Murmino 8400 0 ++++ RU090 Watershed of Tsna and Vysha Rivers 16000 0 + RU092* Kulikovski Forest 18500 0 + RU093* Upper Voronezh Forest 92800 0 + RU094 Watershed of Bityug and Tsna Rivers 80000 0 + + + RU095 Zavoronezhski Area 48000 0 + + + RU096 Voroninski Nature Reserve 10320 0 + + + RU097* Tsninski Forest 100000 0 + + + RU098 Flood-plain of Sura River 45000 0 ++++ RU100 Moksha valley in vicinity of Temnikov 28000 0 + + + RU101 Ichalkovski 10000 0 + RU102 Flood-plain of Vad River 70000 0 + RU104 Moksha Flood-plain in vicinity of Krasnoslobodsk 50000 0 ++++ RU106 Surski Reservoir 11000 0 ++++ RU110 Watershed of Sura and Barysh Rivers 16500 0 + + + RU112 Cheremshanski Bay of Kuybyshev Reservoir 63000 0 ++++ RU113 Khoper Nature Reserve 16178 0 + RU114 Flood-plain of Khoper River near Lake Ilmen' 4000 0 + RU118 Vorono-Khoperski Area 22000 0 + + + RU120 Lake El'ton 30000 0 + + RU121 Novokvasnikovski Liman 300 0 + RU124 Rubezhnoye Forest 5000 0 + RU125* Akhtubinsk Wetland 138000 0 + + + RU127 Valley of Safarovka River 2500 0 + RU130 Varfolomeyevskiye Saltmarshes 2800 0 + RU131 North part of Volgogradski Reservoir 85000 0 ++++ RU134 Almazovski Area 4500 0 +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 RU141* Delta of the River Don 53800 0 ++++ RU142 Beglitskaya Sand-spit 1414 0 ++++ RU148 Chistaya Banka and Ivan-Karaul Islands ? 0 + + + RU152* Kiziltash Limans 28000 0 + + + RU156* Lake Khanskoye 8000 0 + + + RU157* Yeyski Salt-lakes 24000 0 ++++ RU158 Surroundings of Black Forest 20 0 + + RU159 Kalininski Plavny 3000 0 + + RU160 Mouth of Yeya River 9600 0 + + + RU161 Imeretinskaya Lowland 1500 0 + RU164 Dadynskiye Lake 45000 0 ++++ RU166 Burukshunskiye Limans 6200 0 ++++ RU171* Agrakhanski Bay 30000 0 ++++ RU172* Kizlyar Bay 50000 0 ++++ RU173 Mouth of Samur River 7000 0 + + + RU174 Lake Adzhi 2000 0 ++++ RU176 Karakol'skiye Lakes 10000 0 + + + RU177 Achikol'skiye Lakes 20000 0 + + + RU180* Western Ilmen Area 590000 0 ++++ RU181 Maly Zhemchuzhny Island 35 0 + + + RU182 Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski 62500 0 + RU185 Sitnikovski 3700 0 + + + RU187 Flood-plain of Algashka River 400 0 ++++ RU188 Sura Environs 44000 0 + + + RU189 Arski Fish-ponds 1000 0 + + + RU190* Kamsko-Ikski Area 100000 0 ++++ RU191* Bulgarski 25000 0 ++++ RU196 Suskanski Nature Reserve 40500 0 ++++ RU198 Kamsko-Yayvenski Wetland 100000 0 + + + RU200 Kumikushski Wetland 80000 0 + + + RU201 Adovo-Chugrumski Wetland 200000 0 + RU202 Khvarkush and Zolotoy Kamen' Ridges 130000 0 + + + RU203 Nizhnekamskaya Flood-plain 16000 0 ++++ RU209 Bel'skaya Flood-plain 42800 0 + + + RU212 Irendyk Ridge 150000 0 + + + RU215* Kupy Area 2000 0 + + + RU216* Kulaksay Lowland 5000 0 ++++ RU217* Shalkaro-Zhetykolski Lake Dystem 81250 0 ++++ RU219 Curonian (Courish) Bay 4300 0 ++++ RU221 Seskar Island 4300 0 ++++ RU222 South coast of the Neva Bay 2300 0 + + RU223 North-western suburbs of St.Petersburg 2700 0 + + RU224 Dolgy Reef Island and Bol'shoy Fiskar Archipelago 410 0 + + RU225 Vyborgsky Bay 6700 0 + + + RU227 Petrocrepost Bay 49200 0 ++++ RU228 Burnaya River Mouth 10800 0 + + + RU229 Zelentsy Islands 1025 0 + + + RU230 Sestroretsky Razliv 3500 0 + + RU232 Sondugski Zakaznik and Surroundings 35500 0 + RU233 Druzhinnoe Lake and Surroundings 3000 0 + + + RU234 Vicinity of the Vogea Lake and Charonda Marshes 100000 0 + RU235 West Bank of Beloye Lake 70000 0 + RU236 Watershed of Atsvezh and Yuma Rivers 11200 0 + RU237 Varegovskoye Boloto 3000 0 + + RU238 Shalimovskoye Boloto 6000 0 + + RU239 Flood-plain of Yukhot' river 1000 0 + + RU240 Dunilovskoye Bog 4000 0 + + RU241 Morkushskoye Reservoir 5000 0 + +

90 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 RU242* Klyazminski Zakaznik 21000 0 + + + RU243 Flood-plain of Lukh River between Myt and 3000 0 + + + Mugreevo-Nikolskoye Villages RU244 Valley of Zhizdra River 13500 0 ++++ RU245 Issinski 84000 0 + + + RU246* Sarpinskaya lake-System 450000 0 ++++ RU247 Bulukhta 62500 0 + RU248 Large Saltmarshes 40000 0 + + + RU249 Lower Eruslan 49600 0 + + + RU250 Tazhinski Saltmarshes 9600 0 + + RU251 Yashaltinskiye Lakes 20000 0 + + + RU252 Cherebaevskaya Flood-plain 10800 0 ++++ RU253 Ostrovnoi Zakaznik 7500 0 + RU254 Elanski Zakaznik 16000 0 + RU255 Sostinskiye Lakes 15000 0 ++++ RU256* Oling Area 33200 0 + + + RU257 Salt Lakes 4500 0 + + RU258 Valley of Terek River 25000 0 + + + RU259 Turali Lake 2000 0 + + + RU260 Sulakskaya Lagoon 3000 0 + RU261 Turalinskaya Lagoon 250 0 + + + RU262 Temirgoiskiye Lakes 3000 0 + + + RU263 Mekhteb Reservoir 3000 0 + RU264 Mining ponds in Volodarski and 39100 0 + + + Balakhninski Districts RU265 Chapaevskie Limans 55000 0 + + + RU266 Kaltasinski Forest 30000 0 + RU267 Pavlovskoye Reservoir 10000 0 + RU268 Krasnokamski Forest 15000 0 + RU269* Lake Ayke 10000 0 ++++ RU270 Unskaya Bay 40000 0 ++++ RU271 Kuloy River 150000 0 ++++ RU272 Lysiy Liman Lake 3500 0 ++++ RU273 Sviyago-Kubninskaya Forest-steppe 32000 0 ++++ RU279 Sokolino-Kasplyanskaya Area 16500 0 + RU283 Tsimlyanskiye Sands 150000 0 + + + RU286 Migulinskiye Sands 32000 0 + RU287 Pelikani Islands 1 0 + + RU288 Salt Lake 3000 0 + + + RU291 Staromainskiy Forest and Bay 63800 0 + RU292 Samarskaya Luka 127186 0 + RU295 Southern coast of Ladoga Lake 68000 0 + + + RU296 Fish ponds in the vicinity of Kovashi 2200 0 + + + and adjoining Marshes RU297 Ivinski flood-plain (Verkhnesvirskoye Reservoir) 31500 0 + + +

*Included within Krivenko (2000) as shadow Ramsar Sites (n=42)

Threatened species: Within 152 of the IBAs selected, 12 wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

91 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA Black- Corn- Dalmatian Ferruginous Great Greater Lesser Pygmy Red- Sociable White- White- Total Code winged crake Pelican Duck Snipe Spotted White- Cormorant breasted Plover headed tailed Pratincole Crex Pelecanus Aythya nyroca Gallinago Eagle fronted Phalacrocorax Goose Chettusia Duck Eagle Glareola crex crispus media Aquila Goose pygmeus Branta gregaria Oxyura Haliaeetus nordmanni clanga Anser ruficollis leuco- albicilla erythropus cephala RU014 + 1 RU016 + 1 RU020 +1 RU021 +1 RU023 + 1 RU024 + +2 RU027 + + 2 RU028 +1 RU037 +1 RU040 + + + 3 RU042 + + + + 4 RU043 + 1 RU045 ++2 RU047 +1 RU048 +1 RU049 + 1 RU050 + + 2 RU051 + + + 3 RU052 + + 2 RU053 + + + 3 RU055 + + + 3 RU056 + 1 RU057 + + +3 RU058 +1 RU060 + + 2 RU063 + + 2 RU064 + + + 3 RU067 +1 RU069 + + 2 RU070 + + 2 RU071 + + 2 RU074 + + + 3 RU075 + + + + 4 RU076 + + + 3 RU077 + + 2 RU079 + 1 RU081 + + 2 RU082 + 1 RU084 + + 2 RU085 + 1 RU086 + + 2 RU087 + + 2 RU088 + + 2 RU089 + 1 RU090 + + 2 RU092 + 1 RU093 + + + 3 RU094 + +2 RU095 + 1 RU096 + 1 RU097 + + 2 RU098 + 1 RU100 + +2 RU101 + 1 RU102 + + + 3

92 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA Black- Corn- Dalmatian Ferruginous Great Greater Lesser Pygmy Red- Sociable White- White- Total Code winged crake Pelican Duck Snipe Spotted White- Cormorant breasted Plover headed tailed Pratincole Crex Pelecanus Aythya nyroca Gallinago Eagle fronted Phalacrocorax Goose Chettusia Duck Eagle Glareola crex crispus media Aquila Goose pygmeus Branta gregaria Oxyura Haliaeetus nordmanni clanga Anser ruficollis leuco- albicilla erythropus cephala RU104 + +2 RU106 +1 RU110 + + 2 RU112 +1 RU113 + +2 RU114 + +2 RU118 + +2 RU121 + 1 RU124 +1 RU125 +1 RU127 + 1 RU130 + 1 RU131 + + + + 4 RU134 + + + 3 RU140 ++2 RU141 + + + + + + + 7 RU142 + 1 RU143 + + + 3 RU150 + + 2 RU151 + 1 RU156 + 1 RU157 + + 2 RU160 + 1 RU161 + 1 RU164 + + + + + + 6 RU165 + + + 3 RU166 + 1 RU171 + + + 3 RU172 + + + 3 RU173 + + + + + + 6 RU174 + + + 3 RU176 + + 2 RU177 + + + + 4 RU179 + + + + + 5 RU180 +1 RU182 +1 RU184 + + 2 RU187 + 1 RU188 + + 2 RU189 +1 RU190 +1 RU191 + + + 3 RU196 +1 RU198 + + + + 4 RU200 + + +3 RU201 + 1 RU202 + + 2 RU203 + + + + 4 RU209 + + + 3 RU212 + + + 3 RU216 ++ 2 RU217 + + + + 4 RU219 +1 RU221 +1 RU227 + + 2

93 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA Black- Corn- Dalmatian Ferruginous Great Greater Lesser Pygmy Red- Sociable White- White- Total Code winged crake Pelican Duck Snipe Spotted White- Cormorant breasted Plover headed tailed Pratincole Crex Pelecanus Aythya nyroca Gallinago Eagle fronted Phalacrocorax Goose Chettusia Duck Eagle Glareola crex crispus media Aquila Goose pygmeus Branta gregaria Oxyura Haliaeetus nordmanni clanga Anser ruficollis leuco- albicilla erythropus cephala RU232 + + + + 4 RU233 + + 2 RU234 + + 2 RU235 +1 RU236 + + 2 RU242 + + + 3 RU243 + + + 3 RU244 + + 2 RU246 + + + + + 5 RU247 + +2 RU248 +1 RU252 +1 RU253 +1 RU254 + 1 RU255 + 1 RU256 + 1 RU258 +1 RU259 + + + 3 RU260 +1 RU261 + + + + 4 RU262 + + 2 RU263 + + + 3 RU265 + + 2 RU266 + + + 3 RU267 + 1 RU268 + + + 3 RU269 + + + 3 RU270 +1 RU271 +1 RU272 + + + + + 5 RU273 + + + 3 RU279 + + 2 RU283 +1 RU286 +1 RU288 + 1 RU291 +1 RU292 + + + 3 RU295 +1 RU296 + 1 RU297 + + 2 Total 16 74 22 12 42 37 33 11 14 3 2 44 310

Site network development: About 80% of potential IBAs have been identified in European Russia. In particular, further survey work is likely to find more wetland IBAs in Nenetski, Karelia Republic, Murmansk, Komi Republic and Krasnodarski Kray.

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Slovakia 1 ☺ 5 2

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Slovakia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within eight IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these and partial with need of expansion in five. Two have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Slovakia IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) SK012 Oravská Basin 16745 Mokrade Oravskej Kotliny 9264 + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=5) SK001 River Morava Flood-plain 18935 Moravské luhy (Morava Flood plains) 4971 + + + SK007 River Danube Flood-plain 22040 Dunajské luhy (Danube Flood plains) 14488 ++++ SK020 River Ipel’ Flood-plain 7715 Poiplie 411 + SK030 Senné 1440 Senné-rybníky (Senné Fish-ponds) 425 + + + SK031 River Latorica Flood-plain 15620 Latorica 4358 + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=2) SK004 S´lˇnava 690 0 + + + SK029 Zemplínska Síravaˇ 3015 0 + + +

Threatened species: Within five of the IBAs selected, two wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Corncrake White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Crex crex Haliaeetus albicilla SK001 + 1 SK007 +1 SK012 + 1 SK020 + 1 SK031 + 1 Grand Total 4 1 5 Site network development: About 90% of potential IBAs have been identified in Slovakia. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Slovenia 0 ☺ 1 7

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Slovenia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within eight IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is partial with need of expansion in one of these, while the other seven have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Slovenia IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=1) SI004 Seèovlje Saltworks 850 Seèoveljske soline (Seèovlje Saltpans) 650 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=7) SI002 Nanoˇsèica River Basin 1425 0 + SI005 Reka Valley 1700 0 + SI006 Ljubljansko Moor 14560 0 + SI007 Planina Polje 1600 0 + SI008 Lake Cerknica 3500 0 + SI010 Ribnica Valley 3980 0 + SI012 River Drava from Maribor to Srediˇsèe 8300 0 + + +

Threatened species: The Corncrake (Crex crex) occurs regularly in significant numbers within SI002, SI005, SI006, SI007, SI008 and SI010. No other wetland-dependent threatened species occurs regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: Probably >75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Slovenia. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Spain (including the Canary Islands) 15 ☺ 15 83

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Spain (including the Canary Islands)

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 113 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within 15 of these and partial with need of expansion in another 15. Eighty-three (73%) have no Ramsar designation as yet. The Spanish Ornithological Society (the BirdLife partner in Spain) has suggested priority sites for designation as indicated by asterisks in the table below.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Spain (including the Canary Islands) IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=15) ES003 Ría de Arosa (O Grove) Estuary 2561 Complejo intermareal Umia-Grove 2561 + + ES027 Santoña marshes 6907 Marismas de Santoña 6907 + + ES035 Guernica estuary-Cape Ogoño 4000 Ria de Mundaka-Guernika 945 + + ES039 Villafáfila 32682 Laguna de Villafáfila 2854 + + ES095 Gallocanta Lake 30280 Laguna de Gallocanta 6720 + + + ES137 Ampurdán Marshes 5454 Aiguamolls de l'Empordà 4784 + + + ES152 Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca 860 Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca 812 + + + ES159 Albufera de Valencia Marshes 21120 Albufera de Valencia 21000 ++++ ES162 Pego-Oliva Marshes 1290 Marjal de Pego-Oliva 1290 + + ES165 El Hondo Wetland 2387 Pantano de El Hondo 2387 + + + ES166 Santa Pola Salt-pans 2496 Salinas de Santa Pola 2496 + + +

97 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 ES167 Mata and Torrevieja Lagoons 3755 Lagunas de la Mata y Torrevieja 3700 + + + ES169 Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon 14933 Mar Menor 14933 + + + ES216 Mountain Range and Saltpans at Cabo de Gata 46100 Salinas del Cabo de Gata 300 + + + ES284 Pela Mountain Range-Orellana Reservoir-Zorita 140000 Embalse de Orellana 5500 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=15) ES005 Ferrolterra-Valdoviño Coast 4400 Laguna y arenal de Valdoviño 255 + + ES007 Eo River Estuary-Barayo Beach-Ría de Foz 7500 Ría del Eo 1740 + + ES148 Ebro Delta 32000 Delta del Ebro 7736 ++++ ES195 Alcázar de San Juan-Quero Endorreic Lagoons 58500 Lagunas de Alcázar de San Juan 160 + + + ES196 Pedro Muñoz-Manjavacas Endorreic Lagoons 41500 Laguna de Manjavacas 231 + + + ES196 Pedro Muñoz-Manjavacas Endorreic Lagoons 41500 Laguna de la Vega (o del Pueblo) 34 + + + ES197 Tablas de Daimiel marshes; 'Vicario' and 'Gasset' 31500 Las Tablas de Daimiel 1928 + + Reservoirs and Malagón Lakes ES219 Wetlands of western Almería 3000 Albuferas de Adra 65 + + + ES239 Wetlands at south Córdoba 3054 Lagunas del sur de Córdoba 86 + + + (Zóñar, Rincón y Amarga) ES239 Wetlands at south Córdoba 3054 Embalses de Cordobillo y Melpasillo 1972 + + + ES240 Fuente de Piedra, Gosque and Campillos Lakes 10600 Laguna de Fuente de Piedra 1364 + + + ES252 Medina and Puerto Real Lagoons 4900 Lagunas de Cádiz 158 + + + (Laguna de Medina y Laguna Salada) ES253 Terry Lagoons 350 Lagunas de Cádiz 158 + + + (Laguna de Medina y Laguna Salada) ES259 Guadalquivir Marshes 230000 Doñana 50720 ++++ ES261 Odiel and Tinto Marshes and 14900 Marismas del Odiel 7185 + + Huelva Coastal Lagoons ES312 Salt-pans of Ibiza and Formentera and Freus Isles 2600 Salinas de Ibiza y Formentera 1640 + + + ES318 Albufera de Mallorca and 2800 S'Albufera de Mallorca 1700 + + + Albufereta de Pollença Marshes Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=83) ES001 Cíes Islands 433 0 + + + ES002 Ons Islands 500 0 + + ES004* Costa de la Muerte (North Coast) 9650 0 ++++ ES017 Cape Busto-Luanco 6000 0 + + ES018 Ribadesella-Tina Mayor 3600 0 + + ES023** River Ebro Dam 11600 0 + + ES026** Santander Bay-Mouro islet 3300 0 + + ES037* Chingudi-Bidasoa Estuary 525 0 + + + ES038* Tierra de Campos Steppes 268000 0 + + ES071** El Pardo-Viñuelas 34000 0 + + ES073** Cortados del Jarama 25000 0 + + ES078** Puebla de Beleña Lagoons 3100 0 + + ES082 Las Cañas Lake 101 0 + + ES101** Alcañiz Salt Lakes 7360 0 + + ES109 Rivers Cinca and Alcanadre Riverine Forest 9450 0 + + ES111 Cinca River Rice Fields and Steppe Area 14400 0 + + ES116** Tormos Reservoir (La Sotonera) 7500 0 + + + ES138 Medas Islands 21 0 + + + ES140** Llobregat Delta 2200 0 + + + ES153 Columbretes Islands 2500 0 + + + ES154* River Mijares Mouth 375 0 + + ES155* Almenara Marshes 3000 0 + + ES156* El Moro Marshes 350 0 + + ES164 Alicante Islets 40 0 + + ES170 Littoral Islets of Murcia and Almería 300 0 + + + ES182** Pétrola-Almansa-Yecla 75800 0 + + ES191** Entrepeñas and Buendía Reservoirs 38500 0 + + ES192* El Hito 24000 0 + + ES194* Tembleque-La Guardia plains 128000 0 + + + ES200** Malpica Island (River Tagus) 4 0 + + ES201** Rosarito and Navalcán Reservoirs- 70000 0 + + La Iglesuela (Tietar Valley)

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 ES203** Azután Reservoir 933 0 + + ES220 Chafarinas Islands 50 0 ++++ ES221 Alborán Island 7 0 + + + ES224* Mouth of the River Guadalhorce 125 0 + + + ES231* Conde, Chinche and Honda Lakes 420 0 + + + ES246** Tarifa 5000 0 ++++ ES249 Tajo de Barbate Coastal Cliffs 2017 0 + + ES250* La Janda 20000 0 + + ES251* Cádiz Bay 12500 0 + + + ES254** Bornos Reservoir 2500 0 + + ES257* Los Tollos Lake 100 0 + + + ES258* Lebrija, Las Cabezas and Espera Lagoons 7600 0 + + + ES262** River Piedras marshes and Rompido Sandbank 3120 0 + + ES263* Isla Cristina and Ayamonte Marshes 3390 0 + + + and Prado Lagoon ES272** Valuengo Reservoir 11200 0 + + ES275** Valongo 2800 0 + + ES276** Olivenza-La Albuera 79000 0 + + ES280* La Serena 109800 0 + + ES282 Cijara Reservoir 73500 0 + + ES283** Puerto Peña reservoir-Valdecaballeros 32000 0 + + ES286 Valdehornillos-Santa Amalia 23000 0 + + ES287 Montánchez mountain range-Cornalvo Reservoir 54500 0 + + ES288* Mérida-Montijo Reservoir 4100 0 + + ES289** Lácara-Morante 56900 0 + + ES292 Cedillo Reservoir 53000 0 + + ES294** Malpartida de Cáceres-Arroyo de la Luz 43900 0 + + ES299* Alcántara reservoir-Cuatro Lugares 116000 0 + + ES301* Borbollón Reservoir 48400 0 + + ES303 Gabriel y Galán Reservoir 55000 0 + + ES306* Campo Arañuelo-Valdecañas Reservoir 81950 0 + + ES307 Islets Vedrá and Vedranell 100 0 + + + ES308 Isle of Conejera and islets of Bledes 147 0 + + + and Espartar (Ibiza) ES309 Cape Nonó-Isle of Murada 1000 0 + + ES310 Tagomago Island 90 0 + + + ES311 Islets of Santa Eulalia, Redona and Es Canar (Ibiza) 6 0 + + + ES313 Cape Barbaria 100 0 + + + ES314 La Mola of Formentera 1800 0 + + + ES315 Dragonera Island-La Trapa 2660 0 + + + ES316 Tramuntana Mountains 54953 0 + + ES319 Cape Freu-Cape Farrutx 500 0 + + ES320 Cape Vermell 150 0 + + ES322 Coastal cliffs between Cape Enderrocat 900 0 + + and Cala Pí ES323 Coastal cliffs between Isles of Malgrats 440 0 + + + and Cala Figuera ES324 Archipelago of Cabrera 10000 0 + + + ES325 North and east coasts of Minorca 17900 0 + + + and Island of Aire ES326 Ravines and Pinewoods in central Minorca 30200 0 + + WW327 Lanzarote Islets 4000 0 + + + WW336 Island of Lobos 468 0 + + WW356 Anaga Rocky Islets 10 0 + + WW378 South-west coast of La Gomera 600 0 + + WW387 Salmor Rocky Islets 5 0 + + WW389 Western Coast of El Hierro 600 0 + +

* Reported by SEO-BirdLife as first priorities for designation (n=20) ** Reported by SEO-BirdLife as second priorities for designation (n=22)

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Threatened species: Within 42 of the IBAs selected, five wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Aquatic Warbler Audouin's Gull Balearic Shearwater Marbled Duck White-headed Duck Grand Total Acrocephalus paludicola Larus audouinii Puffinus mauritanicus Marmaronetta Oxyura leucocephala angustirostris ES004 + 1 ES037 + 1 ES140 + 1 ES148 + 1 ES152 + 1 ES153 + 1 ES159 + 1 ES165 ++2 ES166 +1 ES167 + 1 ES169 + 1 ES170 + 1 ES194 +1 ES195 +1 ES196 +1 ES216 + 1 ES219 + +2 ES220 + 1 ES221 + 1 ES224 + 1 ES231 +1 ES239 +1 ES240 +1 ES246 + 1 ES247 + 1 ES252 +1 ES253 +1 ES257 ++2 ES258 ++2 ES259 + + + 3 ES307 + 1 ES308 + + 2 ES310 + 1 ES311 + 1 ES312 + + 2 ES313 + 1 ES314 + 1 ES315 + + 2 ES318 +1 ES323 + 1 ES324 + + 2 ES325 + + 2 Grand Total 2 22 10 6 13 53

Site network development: Probably all potential IBAs have been identified in Spain and the Canary Islands. Hence, very few (if any) other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Sweden 13 ☺ 9 30

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Sweden

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 52 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within 13 of these and partial with need of expansion in nine. Thirty (71%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Sweden IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=13) SE006 Lake Persöfjärden 3350 Persöfjärden 3320 + + SE016 River Svartån 1870 Svartån 1990 + + SE027 Outer Stockholm Archipelago 9100 Stockholm, outer Archipelago 15000 + + + SE033 Kvismaren 800 Kvismaren 780 + + SE036 Lake Tåkern 5620 Tåkern 5650 + + + SE041 Lake Östen 1020 Östen 1010 + + SE042 Lake Hornborgasjön 6350 Hornborgasjon 6370 + + SE047 Lake Kävsjön and Store Mosse 7450 Store Mosse and Kävsjön 7580 + + SE052 Getterön 355 Getteron 340 + + SE053 Lake Åsnen 13500 Åsnen 16800 + + + SE055 Ottenby 1610 Ottenby 1610 + + + SE062 River Klingavälsån-Lake Krankesjön 3975 Klingavälsån - Krankesjön 3970 + + SE063 River Helgeån 5300 Helgeån 5480 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=9) SE004 Sjaunja 208000 Sjaunja 188600 +

101 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 SE010 River Umeälven Delta 1500 Umeälv Delta 1040 + + SE014 Lake Ånnsjön-Storlien 90000 Ånnsjön 11000 + + + SE015 River Dalälven-Hovran 5030 Hovran Area 4750 + + SE023 Lake Hjälstaviken 820 Hjälstaviken 770 + + SE043 Stigfjorden Fjord 8500 Stigfjorden 5180 + + SE050 Coastal Areas around Gotland Island 152500 Gotland, East Coast 4220 + + + SE054 Coastal Areas around Öland Island 10190 Öland, Eastern Coastal Areas 8460 + + + SE061 Falsterbo-Bay of Foteviken 20000 Falsterbo - Foteviken 7530 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=30) SE008 Skvolpen Island 2500 0 + + SE011 Holmöarna Archipelago 27000 0 + + SE012 Bonden Island 5 0 + + SE013 Gnäggen Island 4 0 + + SE017 River Dalälven-Färnebofjärden 11200 0 + + SE019 Ledskär-Karlholm Bay 3500 0 + + SE020 Björn Archipelago 3000 0 + + SE021 Lake Tämnaren 13500 0 + + SE024 Gräsö Archipelago 18000 0 + + + SE025 Dannemora 11500 0 + SE030 Sandemar 1700 0 + + SE031 Lake Tysslingen 600 0 + + + SE034 Lake Storhjälmaren 600 0 + + SE037 Bay of Svensksundsviken 3300 0 + + + SE038 Dannskär-Örskär Islands 95 0 + + SE044 Bay of Torslandaviken 250 0 + + SE045 Bay of Kungsbackafjorden 4000 0 + + SE048 Lake Solgen 4000 0 + + + SE049 Karlsö Islands 4570 0 + + + SE056 Kullaberg 7500 0 + + SE057 Bay of Skälderviken 5500 0 + + + SE058 North-east Scania Coastline and Archipelago 10914 0 + + + SE059 Bay of Lundåkrabukten 20000 0 + + SE060 Bay of Lommabukten 30000 0 + + + SE064 Trsö-Muskö 40100 0 + + SE068 Oskarshamn 9700 0 + + SE069 Skägenäs-Mönsterås 13400 0 + + + SE070 Kalmar-Skäggenäs 9600 0 + + SE071 Ystad-Hörte 91600 0 + + SE073 Blekinge Archipelago 59300 0 + + + Threatened species: Within nine of the IBAs selected, four wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

IBA Code Corncrake Great Snipe Lesser White-fronted Goose White-tailed Eagle Grand Total Crex crex Gallinago media Anser erythropus Haliaeetus albicilla SE004 ++2 SE014 + 1 SE024 +1 SE025 + 1 SE037 +1 SE048 +1 SE053 +1 SE054 +1 SE058 +1 Grand Total 111710

Site network development: About 65% of all potential IBAs have been identified in Sweden. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report, particularly in the north.

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Switzerland 3 ☺ 3 6

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Switzerland

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within twelve IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within three of these and partial with need of expansion in a further three. Six (50%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Switzerland IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=3) CH004 'Grosses Moos' Plain and Niederried Reservoir 16100 Lac artificiel de Niederried 303 + + CH006 River Rhone: Geneva to Verbois Reservoir 1100 Le Rhône genevois-Vallons de l'Allondon 1929 + + et de La Laire CH012 Klingnau Reservoir 410 Lac artificiel de Klingnau 355 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=3) CH009 Lake Geneva: Grangettes 6600 Les Grangettes 330 + + CH011 Lake Neuchâtel: Southern Shore 6800 Baie du Fanel et Le Chablais 1155 + + + CH011 Lake Neuchâtel: Southern Shore 6800 Rive Sud du Lac de Neuchâtel 3063 + + + CH029* Bolle di Magadino 1400 Bolle di Magadino 661 + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=6) CH007 Lake Geneva: Versoix and Hermance to Geneva 3400 0 + + CH008 Lake Geneva: Rolle to Céligny 1500 0 + + CH010 Lake Neuchâtel: Corcelettes-Vaumarcus 690 0 + + CH013 End of Lake Constance and River Rhine 480 0 + + + until Bibermühle CH014** Lake Constance: Bay of Ermatingen 530 0 + + + CH015** Lake Constance: Bay of Constance 230 0 + + +

* This is the only site in this report identified only under Criterion 4. It is the only Swiss wetland south of the Alps and is a very important refuge for migratory wetland birds crossing this mountain range. ** Sites which qualify under Criterion 5 only in combination with adjacent German areas.

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Threatened species: No wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers at any of the IBAs selected.

Site network development: Probably >75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Switzerland. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Turkey 4 ☺ 5 119

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Turkey

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 128 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within four of these and partial with need of expansion in five. One-hundred-and-nineteen (93%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Turkey IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=4) TR009 Uluabat Lake 13500 Uluabat Gölü 13000 ++++ TR010 Kus Lake 16000 Kus Gölü 16000 ++++ TR073 Göksu Delta 14480 Göksu Deltasi 8950 ++++ TR077 Akyatan Lake 14000 Akyatan Gölü 14700 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=5) TR016 Gediz Delta 20400 Gediz Deltasi 15000 ++++ TR030 Burdur Lake 25000 Burdur Gölü 23700 ++++ TR052 Sultansazligi 39000 Sultansazligi 17200 ++++ TR053 Seyfe Lake 19500 Seyfe Gölü 10700 + + + TR056 Kizilirmak Delta 16110 Kizilirmak Deltasi 11000 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=119) TR001 Meriç Delta 7000 0 ++++ TR002 Igneada Forests 3000 0 + + TR003 Büyükçekmece Lake 2850 0 ++++ TR004 Küçükçekmece Lake 1500 0 ++++ TR005 Bosphorus 55000 0 + + + TR006 Sile Islands 5 0 + + TR007 Iznik Lake 29830 0 + TR011 Kocaçay Delta 4200 0 ++++ TR012 Foça Islands 134 0 + + TR015 Marmara Lake 6800 0 ++++ TR017 Karaburun and Ildir Strait Islands 75000 0 + + + TR018 Küçük Menderes Delta 1500 0 + TR020 Isikli Lake 7300 0 ++++ TR021 Bafa Lake 12281 0 ++++ TR022 Büyük Menderes Delta 9800 0 ++++

105 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 TR023 Güllük Bay 2500 0 + + + TR024 Köycegiz Lake 8000 0 ++++ TR025 Acigöl Lake 21000 0 + + TR026 Çorak Lake 1150 0 ++++ TR027 Salda Lake 4370 0 + + + TR028 Karatas Lake 1190 0 + + + TR029 Yarisli Lake 1400 0 + + + TR031 Egirdir Lake 47250 0 ++++ TR032 Karamik Marshes 4500 0 + TR033 Aksehir and Eber Lakes 53600 0 + + + TR034 Çavusçu Lake 1200 0 + + + TR038 Balikdami 1470 0 + + + TR039 Uyuz Lake 15 0 + TR040 Cöl lake and Çalikdüzü 23000 0 ++++ TR041 Mogan Lake 1500 0 ++++ TR045 Sariyar Reservoir 8400 0 + + TR047 Sapanca Lake 4700 0 + + + TR049 Sarikum Lake 785 0 + + + TR051 Palas Lake 2720 0 + + TR054 Hirfanli Reservoir 26300 0 ++++ TR057 Yedikir Reservoir 593 0 + + TR058 Yesilirmak Delta 3000 0 + + TR059 Akkus Island 2 0 + + TR061 Samsam Lake 830 0 + + TR062 Kozanli Gökgöl 650 0 + + + TR063 Kulu Lake 1800 0 ++++ TR064 Eregli Marshes 37000 0 + + + TR065 Karapinar Plain 20200 0 + + TR066 Esmekaya Marshes 11250 0 + + + TR067 Beysehir Lake 73000 0 + + + TR069 Hotamis Marshes 7500 0 + + + TR070 Bolluk Lake 3800 0 + + TR071 Tersakan Lake 11000 0 + + + TR072 Tuz Lake 608000 0 + + + TR074 Aydincik Islands 2 0 + TR076 Tuzla Lake 2800 0 ++++ TR078 Agyatan Lake 2200 0 ++++ TR079 Yumurtalik Lagoons 16430 0 + + + TR080 Gavur Lake 1500 0 + + + TR082 Erzurum Plain 3300 0 + + TR083 Sarisu Plain 4800 0 + + TR084 Haçli Lake 2500 0 + + TR085 Bulanik Plain 8000 0 + + + TR086 Ardahan Forest 2500 0 + + TR087 Aktas Lake 1400 0 + + + TR088 Çildir Lake 14000 0 + + + TR089 Kuyucuk Lake 219 0 + + + TR090 Çali Lake 25 0 + TR091 Balik Lake 3400 0 + + TR092 Dogubeyazit Marshes 8750 0 + + + TR093 Nemrut Lake 4500 0 + + TR094 Sodaligöl 1500 0 + + + TR095 Erçek Lake 9520 0 + + + TR096 Van Lake 390000 0 ++++ TR097 Yüksekova 24900 0 + + TR098 Saros Bay 1000 0 + + TR099 Terkos Lake 5850 0 + + + TR100 Prenses Islands 900 0 + + TR101 Marmara Islands 30000 0 + + TR102 Ayvalik 35000 0 + +

106 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 TR103 Çandarli Islands 300 0 + + TR104 Bakirçay Delta 1500 0 + + TR105 Alaçati 35000 0 + + TR106 Çiçek Islands 1200 0 + + TR107 Bodrum Islands 2200 0 + + TR108 Datça 200000 0 + + + TR109 Besadalar 900 0 + + TR110 Girdev Lake 900 0 + + TR111 Gölhisar Lake 600 0 + + TR112 Karakuyu Marshes 800 0 + + + TR113 Kovada Lake 1100 0 + + TR114 Yeniçaga Lake 1800 0 + + TR115 Sakarya Delta 40000 0 + + TR116 Central Black Sea Coast 70000 0 + + TR117 Kesikköprü Reservoir 1500 0 + + + TR118 Ulas Lake 350 0 + TR119 Akyay Plain 10500 0 + + TR120 Akkaya Reservoir 500 0 + TR121 Giresun Island 5 0 + + TR122 Gölova Lake 5 0 + + + TR123 Eksisu Marshes 1400 0 + + TR124 Agri Plain 10000 0 + + TR125 Murat Valley 160000 0 + + TR126 Mus Plain 3000 0 + + TR127 Keban Reservoir 100000 0 + + + TR128 Karakaya Reservoir 30000 0 ++++ TR129 Turna Lake 700 0 + + TR130 Gölbasi Lakes 750 0 + + + TR131 Birecik and Karkamis 3500 0 ++++ TR132 Igdir Plain 45000 0 + TR133 Batmis Lake 400 0 + + TR134 Çaldiran Marshes 2000 0 + + + TR135 Dicle Valley 15000 0 + + TR136 Cizre 7000 0 + + TR137 Gokceada Lagoon 500 0 + + TR138 Tortum Lake 350 0 + + TR139 Akdogan Lake 2000 0 + + + TR140 Bostankaya Lake 300 0 + TR141 Aygir Lake 1000 0 + + TR142 Cicekli Lake 300 0 + + TR143 Sükümbet Lake 300 0 + TR144 Kaz Lake 200 0 + TR145 Sikke Lake 200 0 + + TR146 Hasan Lake 200 0 +

Threatened species: Within 63 of the IBAs selected, nine wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs

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IBA Code Audouin's Black-winged Dalmatian Ferruginous Greater Marbled Duck Pygmy Red-breasted White-headed Grand Gull Pratincole Pelican Duck Spotted Eagle Marmaronetta Cormorant Goose Duck Total Larus Glareola Pelecanus Aythya Aquila clanga angustirostris Phalacrocorax Branta Oxyura audouinii nordmanni crispus nyroca pygmeus ruficollis leucocephala TR017 + 1 TR018 +1 TR020 + + 2 TR021 + + 2 TR022 + + 2 TR023 +1 TR024 +1 TR026 + +2 TR027 + +2 TR028 +1 TR029 +1 TR030 +1 TR031 +1 TR033 +1 TR039 +1 TR040 +1 TR041 + +2 TR049 +1 TR052 + + + + 4 TR054 +1 TR056 + + + 3 TR062 +1 TR063 +1 TR064 + + + + 4 TR069 + + + + 4 TR073 + + + + + 5 TR074 + 1 TR076 +1 TR077 ++ +3 TR078 +1 TR080 +1 TR085 + +2 TR087 + 1 TR088 + 1 TR090 +1 TR094 +1 TR096 ++2 TR099 +1 TR108 + 1 TR112 + 1 TR117 + 1 TR118 +1 TR120 +1 TR122 + 1 TR128 + 1 TR130 + 1 TR131 +1 TR132 +1 TR134 +1 TR139 + 1 TR140 +1 TR143 +1 TR144 +1 TR146 +1 Total 3 1 11 17 1 7 28 1 29 98

Site network development: About 75% of all potential IBAs have been identified in Turkey. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report, particularly in the east.

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Ukraine 12 ☺ 6 103

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Ukraine

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 121 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within twelve of these and partial with need of expansion in six. One-hundred-and-three (85%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Ukraine IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=12) UA001 Shats'ki Lakes 32850 Shatsk Lakes 32850 ++++ UA005 Pryp'yat' River Valley 12000 Prypiat River Floodplains 12000 ++++ UA064 Dnipro Delta 26000 Dnipro River Delta 26000 + + + UA065 Yagorlyts'ka and Tendrivs'ka Bays 72000 Tendrivska Bay 38000 ++++ UA065 Yagorlyts'ka and Tendrivs'ka Bays 72000 Yagorlytska Bay 34000 ++++ UA067 Karkinits'ka and Dzharylgats'ka Bays 87000 Karkinitska and Dzharilgatchska Bays 87000 ++++ UA069 Syvash 245000 Central Syvash 80000 ++++ UA069 Syvash 245000 Eastern Syvash 165000 ++++ UA071 Molochnyj Lyman 22450 Molochnyi Liman 22400 + + + UA073 Obytochna Peninsula 2000 Obytochna Spit and Obytochna Bay 2000 + + + UA077 Berdyans'ka Peninsula 1800 Berda River Mouth & Berdianska 1800 + + + Spit & Berdianska Bay UA085 Sasyk Lake 22800 Sasyk Lake 21000 ++++ UA087 Shagany-Alibej-Burnas Lake-System 19200 Shagany-Alibei-Burnas Lakes System 19000 ++++ UA092 Tyligul's'kyj Lyman 11000 Tyligulskyi Liman 26000 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=6) UA007 Stokhid River Valley 17800 Stokhid River Floodplains 10000 + + + UA076 Bilosarajs'ka Peninsula 4000 Bilosaraiska Bay and Bilosaraiska Spit 2000 + +

109 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 UA078 Kryva Peninsula 2500 Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit 1400 + + + UA081 Kugurluj and Kartal Lakes 19200 Kartal Lake 500 ++++ UA081 Kugurluj and Kartal Lakes 19200 Kugurlui Lake 6500 ++++ UA084 Stentsivs'ko-Zhebriyanivs'ki Plavni 42000 Kyliiske Mouth 32800 ++++ UA091 Dnister Delta 50000 Northern Part of Dniester Liman 20000 + + + UA091 Dnister Delta 50000 Dniester-Turunchuk Crossrivers Area 7600 + + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=103) UA002 Zakhidnyj Bug River Valley 1450 0 + UA004 Turiya River Valley 7900 0 + UA006 Cherems'ke Mire 3000 0 + + UA008 Syra Pogonya Mire 12718 0 + UA010 Ushomyrs'ke Game Reserve 70300 0 + UA011 Novograd-Volyns'ke Game Reserve 70730 0 + UA012 Korostyshivs'ke Game Reserve 44130 0 + + + UA013 Radomyshl's'ke Game Reserve 28400 0 + UA014 Dniprovs'ko-Teterivs'ke Game Reserve 30627 0 + UA015 Kyivs'ke Reservoir 102400 0 ++++ UA016 Meadows near Prociv Village 7600 0 + UA017 Rzhyschivs'ke Game Reserve 52800 0 + UA018 Kanivs'ke Reservoir 200 0 + + UA019 Supij Marsh 6400 0 + UA020 Forests in Dnipro and Desna Valleys 120000 0 + UA021 Bondar Marsh 6400 0 + UA022 Korotchenkivs'ki Meadows 10000 0 + + + UA023 Pischans'ke and Mogryts'ke Forests 11600 0 + UA024 Chonovyny Marsh 8300 0 + UA025 Ikva River Valley 83500 0 + + UA027 Mykulinets'ki Fish-ponds 1550 0 + + + UA028 Kanivs'kyi Nature Reserve 2027 0 + + + UA029 Udaj River Valley 30000 0 + + + UA030 Chervone Marsh 10000 0 + + + UA031 Sul's'ka Bay 27440 0 + + UA032 Psel River Valley near Komsomol's'k 4700 0 + UA033 Bodakivs'ke Marsh 1500 0 + + UA034 Psel River Valley (Sary village) 1200 0 + UA036 Dniprovs'ko-Oril's'kyj Nature Reserve 3766 0 + UA037 Oril' River Valley 12000 0 ++++ UA038 Samars'kyj Forest 19920 0 + + + UA039 Solonyj Lyman Lake 500 0 + + UA040 Debal'tsivs'ke Lake 300 0 + + UA041 Petropavlivs'kyj Lyman 270 0 + + UA043 Samara River Valley 1700 0 + UA044 Mzha River Valley 5000 0 ++++ UA045 Lyman Lake 4730 0 + + + UA047 Bakhtyn River Valley 1000 0 + UA048 Izyums'ka Luka Forest 32850 0 + UA049 Kremenets'kyj Forest 20000 0 + UA050 Stanychno-Lugans'ke Fish-farm 2000 0 + UA051 Latorytsya River Valley near Chop 7000 0 + + + UA055 Fish-ponds near Kukil'nyky Village 1000 0 + + UA056 Burshtyns'ke Reservoir 1600 0 + + UA057 Dnestr valley between Staryj Martyniv 3000 0 + + and Marynopil' Villages UA059 Dereluj River Valley 700 0 + UA062 Ingul River Valley 1000 0 + + UA063 Kinburns'kyj Peninsula 4000 0 + + UA066 Kakhovs'ke Reservoir (Kozats'ki Islands) 1000 0 ++++ UA068 Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve 33307 0 ++++ UA070 Utlyuks'kyj Lyman 75200 0 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 UA072 Molochna River Valley 3800 0 + + UA074 Elanchyk River Valley 400 0 + + UA080 Kagul Lake 10500 0 + + + UA082 Danube River 2500 0 ++++ UA083 Kytaj Lake 5000 0 ++++ UA086 Jansheijs'ke Lake 1000 0 + + UA088 Snake Island 17 0 + + + UA089 Budats'kyj Lyman 2700 0 + + UA090 Kuyal'nyts'kyj Lyman 7000 0 + + UA093 Cape Uret 9600 0 + + UA094 Tarkhankuts'kyj Peninsula 4200 0 + + UA095 Lake near Magazinka Village 800 0 + + UA097 Cape Martiyan 240 0 + + UA099 Karadaz'kyj Nature Reserve 2855 0 + + UA100 Kazantip Cape, Aktash lake and Astanins'ka Marsh 4800 0 + + + UA101 Uzunlars'ke Lake 9600 0 + + + UA103 Snyvoda River Valley 1000 0 + + UA104 Styr' River Valley (Kolky Village) 6600 0 + UA105 Styr' River Valley (Luchytsi Village) 2400 0 + + + UA106 Velyka Osokorovka 2000 0 + + + UA107 Bulakhivs'kyj Lyman 300 0 + + UA108 Tsybul'kivs'ki Lakes 1000 0 + + + UA109 Karachunivs'ke Reservoir 1300 0 + + + UA110 Mishuryn Rig 2400 0 + + + UA111 Uzh River Valley 16300 0 + + + UA112 Agricultural Lands near Bilorets'ke 17000 0 + + + (Chornozemne Village) UA113 Gajchur River Valley 24000 0 + UA114 Kakhovs'ke Reservoir (Vasylivka Village) 25000 0 + + UA115 Kakhovs'ke Reservoir (Energodar) 28000 0 ++++ UA116 Konka River Mouth 7800 0 + + UA117 Obytichna River Mouth 800 0 + + UA118 Berezhnytsya River Valley 300 0 + UA119 Male Polissya 2400 0 + UA120 Vyshnja River Valley 350 0 + UA121 Berezans'kyj Lyman and Solonets Tuzly Pond 11600 0 + + + UA122 Khadzhybejs'kyj Lyman 5000 0 + UA123 Dniprodzerzhyns'ke Reservoir 4000 0 + + + UA124 Mazepyn Yar 2000 0 + + UA125 Sejm River Valley (Mutyn Village) 400 0 + UA126 Sejm River Valley (Vyrky Village) 400 0 + UA127 Zalozhyntsi Fish-ponds 800 0 + + UA128 Gomol'shans'ka Forest 13700 0 + UA129 Kakhovs'ke Reservoir (Kajiry Village) 16000 0 + + + UA130 Kakhovs'ke Reservoir (Knyazhe-Grigorivka Village) 32000 0 + + + UA131 Pivdennyj Bug River Valley (Goloskiv Village) 3000 0 + + + UA132 Lypivs'kyj Protected Locality 4500 0 ++++ UA133 Sosyns'kyj Protected Area 1500 0 + + UA134 Svydovets Protected Area 200 0 + UA135 Chauda 56000 0 ++++ UA136 Ajgul and Karleut Lakes 20000 0 + + UA137 Left bank of Siverskij Donets River 3000 0 + near Pechenihi Reservior UA138 Velyka Babka River Valley 3000 0 +

Threatened species: Within 74 of the IBAs selected, ten wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

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Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Aquatic Corncrake Dalmatian Ferruginous Great Greater Lesser Pygmy Red- White-tailed Grand Code Warbler Crex crex Pelican Duck Snipe Spotted White- Cormorant breasted Eagle Total Acrocephalus Pelecanus Aythya Gallinago Eagle fronted Phalacrocorax Goose Haliaeetus paludicola crispus nyroca media Aquila Goose pygmeus Branta albicilla clanga Anser ruficollis erythropus UA001 + + + 3 UA002 + 1 UA004 + + + 3 UA005 + + + 3 UA007 + + 2 UA008 + + 2 UA010 + 1 UA011 + 1 UA012 + 1 UA013 + 1 UA014 +1 UA015 +1 UA016 + 1 UA017 +1 UA019 + 1 UA020 ++2 UA021 +1 UA022 + + 2 UA023 + 1 UA024 + 1 UA027 + 1 UA028 +1 UA029 + 1 UA030 + 1 UA032 + 1 UA034 + 1 UA036 + 1 UA037 + 1 UA038 + 1 UA043 + +2 UA044 + + 2 UA045 + 1 UA047 + 1 UA048 + 1 UA049 + 1 UA050 +1 UA051 + + 1 UA059 + 1 UA066 +1 UA067 +1 UA068 +1 UA069 + + 2 UA080 + + 2 UA081 ++ 2 UA082 + + 2 UA083 +1 UA084 + + 2 UA087 +1 UA088 + + + + 4 UA104 + + + 3 UA105 ++2 UA106 + + 2 UA108 + 1 UA109 + + 2

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IBA Aquatic Corncrake Dalmatian Ferruginous Great Greater Lesser Pygmy Red- White-tailed Grand Code Warbler Crex crex Pelican Duck Snipe Spotted White- Cormorant breasted Eagle Total Acrocephalus Pelecanus Aythya Gallinago Eagle fronted Phalacrocorax Goose Haliaeetus paludicola crispus nyroca media Aquila Goose pygmeus Branta albicilla clanga Anser ruficollis erythropus UA110 + 1 UA111 + 1 UA112 +1 UA113 + 1 UA114 ++2 UA118 + 1 UA119 + 1 UA120 + 1 UA122 +1 UA123 + 1 UA125 + 1 UA126 + 1 UA128 + 1 UA129 + 1 UA131 +1 UA132 +1 UA134 + 1 UA135 ++2 UA137 + 1 UA138 +1 Grand 9 45 1 8 6 2 5 5 13 8 101 Total

Site network development: About 65% of potential IBAs have been identified in Ukraine. Other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) 54 ☺ 32 88

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 174 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within 54 of these and partial with need of expansion in 32. Eighty-eight (50%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

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Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=54) UK001* Abberton Reservoir 726 Abberton Reservoir 716 + + + UK002 Alde/Ore Estuary 2416 Alde/Ore Estuary 2416 + + + UK005 Avon Valley 1385 Avon Valley 1385 + + UK007* Benfleet and Southend Marshes 2750 Benfleet and Southend Marshes 2251 + + + UK010 Breydon Water 515 Breydon Water 515 + + + UK011 Broadland 5485 Broadland 5485 + + UK014* Chichester and Langstone Harbours 5970 Chichester and Langstone Harbours 5810 + + + UK018 Duddon Estuary 5120 Duddon Estuary 6806 + + + UK021 Exe Estuary 2180 Exe Estuary 2346 + + UK029 Hamford Water 2143 Hamford Water 2143 + + + UK030 Holburn Lake and Moss 28 Holburn Moss 28 + + UK032* Humber Flats, Marshes and Coast 16490 Humber Flats, Marshes and Coast 15230 + + + UK035 Lee Valley 2550 Lee Valley 448 + + UK037 Lindisfarne 3679 Lindisfarne 3679 + + + UK038 Lower Derwent Valley 915 Lower Derwent Valley 1089 + + + UK039 Martin Mere 120 Martin Mere 119 + + + UK042 Mid-Essex Coast 22817 Mid-Essex Coast 29807 + + + UK045 Nene Washes 1310 Nene Washes 1310 + + + UK047 North Norfolk Coast 7700 North Norfolk Coast 7700 + + + UK051 Ouse Washes 2403 Ouse Washes 2403 + + + UK052* Pagham Harbour 636 Pagham Harbour 615 + + UK057 Ribble and Alt Estuaries 15934 Ribble and Alt Estuaries 15934 + + + UK058* Rutland Water 1556 Rutland Water 1360 + + + UK060 Somerset Levels and Moors 6390 Somerset Levels and Moors 6390 + + + UK064* Southampton Water and Solent Marshes 6000 Southampton Water and Solent Marshes 5508 + + + UK066 Stour and Orwell Estuary 3379 Stour and Orwell Estuary 3379 + + + UK068 The Swale 6514 The Swale 6514 + + + UK074* Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay 2560 Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay 2169 + + UK077* The Wash 67000 Gibraltar Point 414 + + + UK077* The Wash 67000 The Wash 62212 + + + UK082 Burry Inlet 6600 Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary 6660 + + + UK117 Cameron Reservoir 68 Cameron Reservoir 68 + + UK120 Castle Loch, Lochmaben 107 Castle Loch 107 + + UK131 East Sanday 1515 East Sanday Coast 1515 + + UK133* Eden Estuary, Tentsmuir Point and Abertay Sands 3000 Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary 6923 + + + UK135 Eilean na Muice Duibh, Islay 574 Eilean Na Muice Dubh, Islay 574 + + UK139 Fala Flow 318 Fala Flow 318 + + UK153 Gladhouse Reservoir 187 Gladhouse Reservoir 187 + + UK157* Greenlaw Moor and Hule Moss 1200 Greenlaw Moor 248 + + UK162 Hoselaw Loch 50 Din Moss and Hoselaw Loch 50 + + UK165* Inner Clyde Estuary 1670 Inner Clyde Estuary 1826 + + UK170 Lewis Peatlands 64000 Lewis Peatlands 58984 + + UK172 Loch Gruinart, Islay 3261 Gruinart Flats, Islay 3261 + + + UK175* Loch Leven 1870 Loch Leven 1612 + + + UK178 Loch of Kinnordy 85 Loch of Kinnordy 85 + + UK179 Loch of Lintrathen 189 Loch of Lintrathen 189 + + UK180 Loch of Skene 124 Loch of Skene 124 + + UK187 Loch Spynie 93 Loch Spynie 93 + + UK204* Montrose Basin 984 Montrose Basin 921 + + + UK225 Peatlands 140570 Caithness & Sutherland Peatlands 143539 + + UK246 South Tayside Goose Roosts 331 South Tayside Goose Roosts 409 + + + UK268 Westwater 50 Westwater Reservoir 50 + + + UK279 Lough Neagh and Lough Beg 50165 Lough Neagh and Lough Beg 50165 + + + UK286 Strangford Lough and Islands 15580 Strangford Lough 15580 + + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 UK289* Jersey Shoreline 3100 South East Coast of Jersey, Channel Islands 3210 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=32) UK003 Arun Valley 1373 Arun Valley 529 + + UK012* Chesil Beach and the Fleet 1000 Chesil Beach and the Fleet 750 + + UK040* Medway Estuary and Marshes 6840 Medway Estuary and Marshes 4683 + + + UK041* Mersey Estuary 7274 Mersey Estuary 5033 + + + UK044* Morecambe Bay 41970 Morecambe Bay 35863 + + + UK050* Northumberland Coast 1926 Northumbria Coast 1108 + + + UK054 Poole Harbour 5130 Poole Harbour 2439 + + + UK063* South-west London Waterbodies 1830 South West London Waterbodies 828 + + UK071* Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast 1300 Teesmouth/Cleveland Coast (Phase 1) 942 + + + UK073 Thames Estuary and Marshes 12030 Thames Estuary and Marshes 5589 + + + UK086* Dee Estuary 16688 Dee Estuary 13055 + + + UK093* Severn Estuary 59950 Upper Severn Estuary 1357 + + + UK116* Caithness Lochs 3016 Caithness Lochs 240 + + UK173* Loch Indaal and Bridgend Flats, Islay 3750 Bridgend Flats, Islay 331 + + UK174* Loch Ken and Dee Marshes 1090 Loch Ken and Dee Marshes 769 + + UK181* Loch of Strathbeg 913 Loch of Strathbeg 615 + + + UK191 Lochinch and Torrs Warren 4710 Loch of Inch & Torrs Warren 2111 + + UK207* Moray Basin, Firths and Bays 134660 Moray and Nairn Coast 2410 + + + UK207* Moray Basin, Firths and Bays 134660 Cromarty Firth 4197 + + + UK207* Moray Basin, Firths and Bays 134660 Inner Moray Firth 2339 + + + UK209 Muir of Dinnet 2280 Muir of Dinnet 158 + + + UK215* North Roe and Tingon, Mainland Shetland 7560 Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon 5470 + + UK218 North Uist Machair and Islands 6900 North Uist Machair and Islands, Phase I 4705 + + + UK230* Rinns, Islay 12084 Rinns of Islay 3586 + + UK231* River Spey-Insh Marshes 1540 River Spey - Insh Marshes 1159 + + UK247* South Uist Machair and Lochs 8900 South Uist Machair and Lochs 3352 + + + UK256* Tiree and Coll 16510 Coll 2208 + + + UK261* Upper Solway Flats and Marshes 45240 Upper Solway Flats and Marshes 29951 + + + UK270* Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch 1040 Ythan Estuary and Meikle Loch 467 + + + UK273* Belfast Lough 11700 Belfast Lough 432 + + + UK274* Carlingford Lough including Green Island 4660 Carlingford Lough 827 + + UK277* Larne Lough, Swan and Blue Circle Islands 1160 Larne Lough 396 + + UK278 Lough Foyle and River Foyle 21803 Lough Foyle 2204 + + + UK287* Upper Lough Erne 9110 Upper Lough Erne 5771 + + Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=88) UK013 Chew Valley Lake 570 0 + + UK015 Coquet Island 22 0 + + + UK019 Dungeness to Pett Levels 9080 0 + + + UK023 Farne Islands 101 0 + + + UK024 Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs 315 0 + + + UK025 Forest of Bowland 80300 0 + + + UK027 Great Yarmouth North Denes 146 0 + + UK031 Hornsea Mere 230 0 + + UK033 Isles of Scilly Coastal Habitats 926 0 + + UK048 North Pennine Moors 136547 0 + + UK053 Peak District Moors 37092 0 + + UK061 South Cornwall Coast 11170 0 + + UK080 Yorkshire Dale Moorlands 16430 0 + + UK083 Cardigan Island 15 0 + + UK084 Carmarthen Bay 44582 0 + + UK088 Glannau Aberdaron and Ynys Enlli 505 0 + + UK090 Grassholm 10 0 + + + UK091 North Wales Coast 13660 0 + + + UK094 Skokholm and Skomer 422 0 + + + UK096 Traeth Lafan, Conwy Bay 2700 0 + + UK097 Ynys Feurig, Cemlyn Bay and the Skerries 85 0 + + UK098 Abernethy Forest 5800 0 + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 UK099 Ailsa Craig 100 0 + + + UK105 Auskerry 90 0 + + UK112 Buchan Ness and Collieston Coast 208 0 + + UK115 Caithness Cliffs 1053 0 + + + UK118 Canna and Sanday 1356 0 + + UK119 Cape Wrath 1010 0 + + UK123 Colonsay and Oronsay 5086 0 + + + UK124 Copinsay 152 0 + + UK132 Eday 930 0 + + UK134 Eilean Hoan 30 0 + + UK136 Eilean nan Ron 180 0 + + UK138 Fair Isle 561 0 + + + UK141 Fetlar 2450 0 + + UK142 Firth of Forth 43301 0 + + + UK143 Firth of Tay 6100 0 + + UK144 Flanders Moss and Lake of Menteith 1170 0 + + UK145 Flannan Isles 59 0 + + + UK148 Forth Islands 132 0 + + + UK149 Foula 1323 0 + + + UK150 Fowlsheugh 10 0 + + + UK152 Gigha Island and Islets 442 0 + + UK158 Handa 363 0 + + + UK159 Hermaness and Saxa Vord, Unst 2654 0 + + + UK163 Hoy 11170 0 + + + UK164 Inchinnan, Renfrew 1030 0 + + UK169 Laggan, Islay 1230 0 + + UK171 Little Cumbrae Island 300 0 + + UK186 Loch Shin and nearby lochs 48500 0 + + UK193 Lochs of Harray and Stenness 1930 0 + + UK196 Machrihanish 2520 0 + + UK197 Marwick Head 9 0 + + + UK200 Mingulay and Berneray 911 0 + + + UK201 Mochrum and Castle Lochs 460 0 + + UK202 Monach Islands 595 0 + + UK208 Mousa 200 0 + + UK216 North Rona and Sula Sgeir 130 0 + + + UK219 North Westray Coast 140 0 + + UK220 Noss 343 0 + + + UK221 The Oa, Islay 4380 0 + + UK223 Papa Westray (North Hill and Holm) 245 0 + + UK226 Pentland Firth Islands 270 0 + + UK229 Rhunahaorine Point 326 0 + + UK237 St Abbs Head to Fast Castle 247 0 + + + UK238 St Kilda 865 0 + + + UK240 Sandwick and Clift Hills 2100 0 + + UK241 Scapa Flow 26140 0 + + UK242 Shiant Isles 212 0 + + + UK243 Sounds around Wyre 4800 0 + + UK248 South Walls and Switha 260 0 + + UK252 Sule Skerry and Sule Stack 19 0 + + + UK254 Tay-Isla Valley 760 0 + + UK255 Tips of Corsemaul and Mortlach 310 0 + + + UK258 Treshnish Isles 240 0 + + + UK259 Troup, Pennan and Lion Heads 320 0 + + + UK263 West Coast of Benbecula 233300 0 + UK266 West Sound of Barra 1310 0 + + + UK267 West Westray 350 0 + + + UK269 Wigtown Bay 3470 0 + + UK275 Dundrum Inner Bay 500 0 + +

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 UK276 Killough Harbour and Coney Island Bay 240 0 + + UK281 Outer Ards Peninsula 1016 0 + + UK283 Rathlin Island 1500 0 + + + UK285 South Down Coast 437 0 + + UK288 Guernsey Shoreline 550 0 + + UK290 Les Etacs, Alderney 1 0 + + UK295 Isle of Man Sea Cliffs 1300 0 + + *Provisional determination of the adequacy of Ramsar coverage

Threatened species: Within five of the IBAs selected (UK218, UK247, UK256, UK263 and UK266), one wetland-dependent threatened species (Corncrake Crex crex) occurs regularly in significant numbers.

Site network development: About 95% of potential IBAs have been identified in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Few other wetland IBAs are likely to be identified based on the criteria considered in this report.

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Yugoslavia 1 ☺ 3 11

Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Yugoslavia

Ramsar designation of IBA complete; Ramsar designation of IBA partial; Ramsar designation of IBA lacking

Designation progress: Areas within 15 IBAs qualify currently as Ramsar Sites. Designation coverage is complete within one of these and partial with need of expansion in three. Eleven (73%) have no Ramsar designation as yet.

Summary of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in Yugoslavia

IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (n=1) YU009 Obedska Bara 23000 Obedska Bara 17501 + + Ramsar designation of IBA partial (n=3) YU002 Subotica Lakes and Sandy Terrain 20000 Ludasko Lake 593 + + YU013 Carska Bara 9300 Stari Begej/Carska Bara Special Nature Reserve 1767 ++++ YU038 Lake Skadar 40000 Skadarsko Jezero 20000 ++++ Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (n=11) YU001 Gornje Podunavlje 30000 0 ++++ YU003 Becej Fish-pond 4000 0 + + YU004 Jegricka 5400 0 + + + YU007 Bosutska Forest 17500 0 + + + YU010 Danube Loess Bluffs 2500 0 + + + YU014 Uzdin Fish-pond 5500 0 ++++

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IBA IBA Name IBA Area Ramsar Name Ramsar Ramsar Criteria Code (ha) Area (ha) 2456 YU020 Ovcar-Kablar Gorge 5400 0 + YU033 Dubovac-Ram 12000 0 ++++ YU034 -Derdap gorge 65000 0 ++++ YU039 Lake Sasko 350 0 + + YU040 Ulcinj Saltpans 1350 0 + + +

Threatened species: Within twelve of the IBAs selected, five wetland-dependent threatened species occur regularly in significant numbers.

Summary of the occurrence of threatened species within the selected IBAs IBA Code Corncrake Dalmatian Pelican Ferruginous Duck Pygmy Cormorant White-tailed Eagle Grand Crex crex Pelecanus crispus Aythya nyroca Phalacrocorax Haliaeetus albicilla Total pygmeus YU001 + + 2 YU002 + 1 YU004 + 1 YU007 +1 YU010 +1 YU013 + 1 YU014 + + 2 YU020 +1 YU033 + + 2 YU034 +1 YU038 + + + 3 YU040 +1 Grand Total 1176217

Site network development: Probably <75% of potential IBAs have been identified in Yugoslavia. In particular, further survey work is likely to find more wetland IBAs within Montenegro.

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Contact points and acknowledgements

The content of this report is just one of the latest results from the Sharpe, Kevin Standring and Nicolae Zubcov. collective effort of a tremendous network of people involved in the European IBA Programme. As such, it would be atomistic and mis- In addition, there is a need to provide contact points for enquiries leading to mention individuals, since the real value and success of and further information. For territories listed below please contact the programme results from the collective effort. That acknowled- the people indicated, otherwise contact Des Callaghan, European ged, some folk have been particularly helpful with the compilation Research & Database Manager, BirdLife International, European of this particular report and include Ellen Amting, Dieneka Division Office, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, PO Box 127, NL-6700 Bientema, Tobias Salathé, Nick Davidson, Stela Drucioc, Scott AC Wageningen, The Netherlands. Tel: + 31 (0) 317 478835; Fax: Frazier, Herman Hötker, Baz Hughes, Drazen Kotrosan, Rowena + 31 (0) 317 478844; E-mail: [email protected]. Langston, Szabolcs Nagy, Claire Nivet, Jordi Palau Puigvert, Sara

Country Contact Albania Taulant Bino ([email protected]), Albanian Society for the Protection of Birds (ASPBM), Museum of Natural Science, Rr. E. Kavajes 132, Tirana Andorra Jordi Palau Puigvert ([email protected]), Associació per a la Defensa de la Natura, Apartado de Correus Espanyols No 96, Andora La Vella, Principat d'Andorra Austria Michael Dvorak ([email protected]), BirdLife Österreich - Gesellschaft fur Vögelkunde, Museumsplatz 1/10/8, A-1070 Wien Belarus Alexander Kozulin ([email protected]), Akhova Ptushak Belarusi (APB), P.O. Box 306, Minsk, 220050 Belarus Belgium Willem Van den Bossche ([email protected]), BNVR-RNOB, Rue Royale Ste-Marie 105, B-1030, Bruxelles Bulgaria Sergey Derteliev ([email protected]), Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), P.O. Box 50, Yavorov Complex, Bl.71, Ent.4, Ap.1, Sofia BG-1111 Croatia Tibor Mikuska ([email protected]), Hrvatsko Drustvo Za Zastitu Ptica I Prirode (HDZPP), Ilirski Trg. 9 HR-10000, Zagreb Cyprus Melis Charalambides ([email protected]), Cyprus Ornithological Society (COS), 4 Kanaris Street, CY-Strovolos 2059 Czech Republic David Lacina ([email protected]), Czech Society for Ornithology (CSO), Hornomecholupska 34, CZ-102 00, Praha 10 Denmark Knud N. Flensted ([email protected]), Dansk Ornitologisk Forening (DOF), Vesterbrogade 138-140, DK-1620 Copenhagen V. Estonia Andres Kalamees ([email protected]), Eesti Ornitiliigiaühing (EOÜ), PO Box 227, EE-50002 Tartu Faroe Islands Dorete Bloch ([email protected]), Førøya Natturugripsavn (Faroese Orginithological Society) (FOS), Postssmoga 1230, FR-110 Torshavn Finland Teemu Lehtiniemi ([email protected]), BirdLife Suomi-Finland, Annankbatu 29 A., P.O. Box 1285, FI-00101 Helsinki France (including Corsica) Bernard Decueninck ([email protected]), Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux (LPO), La Corderie Royale, B.P. 263, FR-17305 , Rochefort Cedex Germany Christoph Sudfeldt ([email protected]), Zentrale für Wasservogelforschung und Feuchtgebietsschutz in Deutschland, c/o Biologische Station "Rieselfelder Münster", Coermühle 181, 48157 Münster Gibraltar John Cortes ([email protected]), Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (GONHS), c/o The Gibraltar Natural History Field Centre, Jew's Gate, Upper Rock Nature Reserve, P.O. Box 843 Greece Stratis Bourdakis ([email protected]), Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS), Vas. Irakleiou 24, GR-10682 Athens Greenland David Boertmann ([email protected]), NERI, Tagensvej 135, 4th floor, DK-2200 Copenhagen N Hungary Balazs Szabo ([email protected]), Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (MME), HU-1536 Budapest, Kolto u. 21 Pf. 391 Iceland Ólafur Einarsson ([email protected]), Icelandic Society for the Protection of Birds (ISPB), P.O. Box 5069, IS-125 Reykjavik Ireland Olivia Crowe ([email protected]), BirdWatch Ireland, Ruttledge House, 8, Longford Place, Co Dublin IE-Monkstown Italy (including Sardinia) Patrizia Rossi ([email protected]), Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU), Via Trento 49, IT-43100 Parma Latvia Edmunds Racinskis (edmunds.putni@parks.lv), Latvijas Ornitologijas Biedriba (LOB), A.K. 1010, LV-1050 Riga Liechtenstein Georg Willi ([email protected]), Botanish-Zoologische Gesellschaft (BZG), Im Bretscha 22, FL-9494 Schaan Lithuania Liutauras Raudonikis ([email protected]), Lietuvos Ornitologu Draugija (LOD), Naugarduko g. 47-3, LT-2006 Vilnius Luxembourg Patric Lorgé ([email protected]), Letzebuerger natur-A Vulleschutz-Liga (LNVL), Kraizhaff, Rue de Luxembourg, LU-1899 Kockelscheuer Macedonia Emilian Stoynov ([email protected]), Wild Flora and Fauna Fund – Macedonia, 3 Belasitsa Str., Kavadartsi Malta John J. Borg ([email protected]), BirdLife Malta, Dar ta' Gajodru/3, Gajdoru Street, XRA 104 Xaghra, Gozo Moldova Stela Drucioc ([email protected]), Principal Specialist of the Protected Areas and Biodiversity General Division, Ministry of Ecology, Construction and Territorial Development, Chisinau Netherlands Eduard Osieck ([email protected]), Vogelbescherming Nederland (VBN), Driebergseweg 16c, Postbus 925, NL-3700 AX Zeist Norway (including Ingar Jostein Øien ([email protected]), Norsk Ornitologisk Forening (NOF), Seminarplassen 5, NO-7060 Klaebu Svalbard & Jan Mayen) Poland Maciej Gromadzki ([email protected] or [email protected]), Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków (OTOP), P.O. Box 335, PL-80-958 Gdansk Portugal (including Luis Costa ([email protected]), Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA), Rua da Vitoria 53, 2 dto., PT-1100-618 Lisboa Azores & Madeira) Romania Jozsef Szabo ([email protected]), Romanian Ornithological Society (SOR), Str. Gheorge Dima 49/2, RO-3400 Cluj Napoca Russia Sergei Bukreev ([email protected]), Russian Bird Conservation Union (RBCU), Building 1, Shosse Enthuziastov 60, RU-111123 Moscow

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Country Contact Slovakia Pavol Kanuch ([email protected]), Spolocnost Pre Ochranu Vtactva Na Slovensku (SOVS), P.O. Box 71, SK-093 01, Vranov nad Topl'ou Slovenia Leon Kebe ([email protected]), Drustvo Za Opazovanje in Proucevanje Ptic Slovenije (DOPPS), PO Box 2722, Prvomajska 9, Ljubljana SI-1000 Spain (including the Juan Criado, ([email protected]), Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Melquiades Biencinto 34, ES-28053 Madrid Canary Islands) Sweden Björn Welander ([email protected]), Sveriges Ornitologiska Förening (SOF), Ekhagsvagen 3, SE-104 05 Stockholm Switzerland Lorenz Heer ([email protected]), Schweizer Vogelschutz SVS-BirdLife Schweiz (SVS), Wiedingstr. 78, Postfach 8521, CH-8036 Zurich Turkey Bahtiyar Kurt ([email protected]), Dogal Hayati Koruma Dernegi (DHKD), Buyuk Postane Cad. 43-45, P.K. 971, TR-34420 Pahcekapi-Sirkeci, Istanbul Ukraine Oleg Dudkin ([email protected]), Ukrainske Tovaristvo Okhoroni Ptakhiv (UTOP), P.O. Box 33, UA-01103 Kiev United Kingdom Duncan Huggett ([email protected]), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, (including the Channel SG19 2DL Islands & the Isle of Man)

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Appendices

Appendix 1. Wetland bird species in Europe

The Convention functionally defines waterfowl (a term which, for phic region, but is provided below for Europe for use in this report the purposes of the Ramsar Criteria and Guidelines, is considered based on the following definitions: to be synonymous with "waterbirds") as "birds ecologically Wetland habitat: Any habitat type included within the Ramsar dependent on wetlands" (Article 1.2). This definition thus includes Classification System for Wetland Type (Appendix 2). any wetland bird species. At the broad level of taxonomic order Species: Any European bird treated as a full species by Snow & these are said to include especially: penguins (Sphenisciformes); Perrins (1997). divers (Gaviiformes); grebes (Podicipediformes); wetland related Wetland bird: Any species for which a significant proportion of pelicans, cormorants, darters and allies (Pelecaniformes); herons, its numbers uses wetland habitat for breeding, feeding, roosting bitterns, storks, ibises and spoonbills (Ciconiiformes); flamingos and/or moulting. (Phoenicopteriformes); screamers, swans, geese and ducks Europe: see Figure 1. (Anseriformes); wetland related raptors (Accipitriformes and Natural range: The range of a species, excluding any portion that Falconiformes); wetland related cranes, rails and allies is the result of introduction to the region or a neighbouring region (Gruiformes); Hoatzin (Opisthocomiformes); wetland related jaca- after the year 1800 (taxa introduced before 1800 should have nas, waders (or shorebirds), gulls, skimmers and terns developed local adaptations and so can be regarded as being within (Charadriiformes); coucals (Cuculiformes) and wetland related their natural range). The natural range includes areas where the owls (Strigiformes). A more accurate list of wetland bird species taxon does not breed but regularly utilizes resources, such as fee- has not been compiled under the Convention as yet for any geogra- ding and moulting areas occupied during non-breeding periods.

The following includes all wetland bird species whose natural range includes areas of Europe (n=218 species; 42% of all European bird species):

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Black Stork Ciconia nigra Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica White Stork Ciconia ciconia Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Bean Goose Anser fabalis Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis Greylag Goose Anser anser Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Brent Goose Branta bernicla Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauritanicus Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Shelduck Tadorna tadorna White-faced Petrel Pelagodroma marina Wigeon Anas penelope Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Gadwall Anas strepera Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Eurasian Teal Anas crecca Madeiran Petrel Oceanodroma castro Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Gannet Sula bassana Pintail Anas acuta Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Garganey Anas querquedula Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis Shoveler Anas clypeata Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Pochard Aythya ferina Bittern Botaurus stellaris Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Scaup Aythya marila Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Eider Somateria mollissima Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis King Eider Somateria spectabilis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Great White Egret Egretta alba Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

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Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Curlew Numenius arquata Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Redshank Tringa totanus Smew Mergus albellus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Greenshank Tringa nebularia Goosander Mergus merganser Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Turnstone Arenaria interpres Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Osprey Pandion haliaetus Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Great Skua Stercorarius skua Little Crake Porzana parva Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Corncrake Crex crex Little Gull Larus minutus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Sabine's Gull Larus sabini Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Slender-billed Gull Larus genei Crested Coot Fulica cristata Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii Crane Grus grus Common Gull Larus canus Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Armenian Gull Larus armenicus Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Spur-winged Plover Hoplopterus spinosus Common Tern Sterna hirundo Red-wattled Plover Hoplopterus indicus Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Sociable Plover Chettusia gregaria Little Tern Sterna albifrons White-tailed Plover Chettusia leucura Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Black Tern Chlidonias niger Knot Calidris canutus White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Sanderling Calidris alba Guillemot Uria aalge Little Stint Calidris minuta Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Razorbill Alca torda Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Little Auk Alle alle Dunlin Calidris alpina Puffin Fratercula arctica Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Ruff Philomachus pugnax Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Snipe Gallinago gallinago Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Snipe Gallinago media Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Sand Martin Riparia riparia Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus

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Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

Appendix 2. Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type

Marine/Coastal Wetlands soils; includes sloughs, potholes, seasonally flooded meadows, sedge marshes. ¥ Permanent shallow marine waters in most cases less than six ¥ Non-forested peatlands; includes shrub or open bogs, swamps, metres deep at low tide; includes sea bays and straits. fens. ¥ Marine subtidal aquatic beds; includes kelp beds, sea-grass ¥ Alpine wetlands; includes alpine meadows, temporary waters beds, tropical marine meadows. from snowmelt. ¥ Coral reefs. ¥ Tundra wetlands; includes tundra pools, temporary waters from ¥ Rocky marine shores; includes rocky offshore islands, sea cliffs. snowmelt. ¥ Sand, shingle or pebble shores; includes sand bars, spits and ¥ Shrub-dominated wetlands; shrub swamps, shrub-dominated sandy islets; includes dune systems and humid dune slacks. freshwater marshes, shrub carr, alder thicket on inorganic soils. ¥ Estuarine waters; permanent water of estuaries and estuarine ¥ Freshwater, tree-dominated wetlands; includes freshwater systems of deltas. swamp forests, seasonally flooded forests, wooded swamps on ¥ Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats. inorganic soils. ¥ Intertidal marshes; includes salt marshes, salt meadows, sal- ¥ Forested peatlands; peatswamp forests. tings, raised salt marshes; includes tidal, brackish and freshwater ¥ Freshwater springs; oases. marshes. ¥ Geothermal wetlands. ¥ Intertidal forested wetlands; includes mangrove swamps, nipah ¥ Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems; inland. swamps and tidal freshwater swamp forests. ¥ Coastal brackish/saline lagoons; brackish to saline lagoons with Note: "floodplain" is a broad term used to refer to one or more at least one relatively narrow connection to the sea. wetland types. Some examples of floodplain wetlands are seaso- ¥ Coastal freshwater lagoons; includes freshwater delta lagoons. nally inundated grassland (including natural wet meadows), shrub- ¥ Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems; lands, woodlands and forests. Floodplain wetlands are not listed as marine/coastal. a specific wetland type herein.

Inland Wetlands Human-made wetlands

¥ Permanent inland deltas. ¥ Aquaculture (e.g., fish/shrimp) ponds. ¥ Permanent rivers/streams/creeks; includes waterfalls. ¥ Ponds; includes farm ponds, stock ponds, small tanks; (general- ¥ Seasonal/intermittent/irregular rivers/streams/creeks. ly below 8 ha). ¥ Permanent freshwater lakes (over 8 ha); includes large oxbow ¥ Irrigated land; includes irrigation channels and rice fields. lakes. ¥ Seasonally flooded agricultural land (including intensively ¥ Seasonal/intermittent freshwater lakes (over 8 ha); includes managed or grazed wet meadow or pasture). floodplain lakes. ¥ Salt exploitation sites; salt pans, salines, etc. ¥ Permanent saline/brackish/alkaline lakes. ¥ Water storage areas; reservoirs/barrages/dams/impoundments ¥ Seasonal/intermittent saline/brackish/alkaline lakes and flats. (generally over 8 ha). ¥ Permanent saline/brackish/alkaline marshes/pools. ¥ Excavations; gravel/brick/clay pits; borrow pits, mining pools. ¥ Seasonal/intermittent saline/brackish/alkaline marshes/pools. ¥ Wastewater treatment areas; sewage farms, settling ponds, oxi- ¥ Permanent freshwater marshes/pools; ponds (below 8 ha), dation basins, etc. marshes and swamps on inorganic soils; with emergent vegeta- ¥ Canals and drainage channels, ditches. tion water-logged for at least most of the growing season. ¥ Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems, human- ¥ Seasonal/intermittent freshwater marshes/pools on inorganic made.

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